Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,266
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$11,924
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,512
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nebraska — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$61,190
Kept after tax
$49,266
Worth in national money
$54,512
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays maintenance workers, machinery around $61,190 at the midpoint, 21 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 209 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,190 you keep $49,266, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,512 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $60,090, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For maintenance workers, machinery the Nebraska median is $61,190, ranking 21 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 209 of 488 occupations in Nebraska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for maintenance workers, machinery on $61,190 is $49,266. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,512 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $60,090 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,320 |
| This salary | $61,190 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Nebraska | $49,266 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,346 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,673 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,601 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,023 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,190 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,140 and the ninetieth is $77,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,266 take-home in Nebraska comes from $61,190. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 209 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,512 uses one figure for the whole of Nebraska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 209.
- The Nebraska median of $61,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,140 to $77,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,266, from $61,190, assumes a single Nebraska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 209 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,512, worked from $61,190, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nebraska address, on work sitting at 209 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,140 at the tenth percentile, $77,320 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,512 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska's own levy, $49,266 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,140 to $77,320) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Nebraska rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nebraska's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $54,512 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,266 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Nebraska income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.