Medical and Health Services Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,400
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$27,300
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,962
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
$107,700
Kept after tax
$80,400
Worth in national money
$88,962
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $107,700, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 13.05% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 27 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $107,700 the take-home is $80,400; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $88,962 would nationally. The average comes to $126,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 35 of 51 for medical and health services managers, with a median of $107,700 — about 13.05% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, medical and health services managers sits 27 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for medical and health services managers in Nebraska, on $107,700, is $80,400 — equivalent to $88,962 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 $126,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical and Health Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $180,840 |
| This salary | $107,700 |
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 | $80,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,597 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,906 |
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 | $101,734 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,632 |
| 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 $107,700. The published range is $78,790 up to $180,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $80,400, worked from $107,700. 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 27 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $88,962, the adjusted value of that $107,700 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 27 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical and health services managers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,790 to $180,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $80,400, on $107,700 for work ranking 27 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 27 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $88,962 — the adjusted value of that $107,700 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 27 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $126,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,790 and the top tenth $180,840 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $88,962 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 $80,400 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nebraska is $126,560. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($78,790) and the ninetieth ($180,840) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $88,962 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 $80,400 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.