Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,949
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,631
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,097
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
$47,580
Kept after tax
$38,949
Worth in national money
$43,097
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays this job a middle wage of $47,580, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 24.23% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 330 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 $47,580 you keep $38,949, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,097 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska's median for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers is $47,580, about 24.23% above the national figure and 4 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ranks 330 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 meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers on $47,580 is $38,949. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,097 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 $48,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,230 |
| This salary | $47,580 |
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 | $38,949 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,411 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,512 |
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 | $45,761 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,828 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nebraska earn less than $47,580. The published range is $40,850 up to $55,230, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $38,949, from $47,580, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 330 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,097, the adjusted value of that $47,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nebraska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 330 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,850 to $55,230. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,949 from $47,580. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 330 of 488 locally.
- This $43,097 adjusted figure, worked from $47,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 330 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 330 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,850 and the top tenth $55,230, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,097 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Nebraska adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,949 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,850 to $55,230) 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 $43,097 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 $38,949 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.