Mechanical Door Repairers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,908
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$10,852
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,796
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
$56,760
Kept after tax
$45,908
Worth in national money
$50,796
State rank
16
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 16 of 45 states for mechanical door repairers, with a middle wage of $56,760. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 254 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,760 the take-home is $45,908; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,796 would nationally. The average lands at $55,110, below the middle of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 16 of 45 for mechanical door repairers at $56,760. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 254 of 488 in Nebraska places mechanical door repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for mechanical door repairers in Nebraska, on $56,760, is $45,908 — equivalent to $50,796 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $55,110 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,310 |
| This salary | $56,760 |
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 | $45,908 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,787 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,620 |
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 | $54,421 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,960 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,760 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,340 and the ninetieth is $62,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $45,908, worked from $56,760. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 254 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,796 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 254.
- The Nebraska median of $56,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,340 to $62,310. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nebraska take-home of $45,908, on $56,760 for work ranking 254 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 254 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,796, worked from $56,760, 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 254 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,340 at the tenth percentile, $62,310 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $50,796 in national terms.
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 $45,908 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 45 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 ($47,340 to $62,310) 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 $50,796 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 $45,908 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.