Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,631
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$12,679
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,129
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
$64,310
Kept after tax
$51,631
Worth in national money
$57,129
State rank
5
of 48 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 $64,310, ranking 5 of 48 states and sitting about 16.91% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 165 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 $64,310 you keep $51,631, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,129 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $63,910, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska's median for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers is $64,310, about 16.91% above the national figure and 5 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers ranks 165 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 morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers on $64,310 is $51,631. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,129 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 $63,910 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,700 |
| This salary | $64,310 |
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 | $51,631 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,853 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,710 |
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 | $61,544 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,068 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,310 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,890 and the ninetieth is $86,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $51,631, from $64,310, 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 165 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,129 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 165.
- The Nebraska median of $64,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,890 to $86,700. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,631 from $64,310. 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 165 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,129, worked from $64,310, 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 165 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,890, the highest tenth $86,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $57,129 in national terms.
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, $51,631 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,890) and the ninetieth ($86,700) 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 $57,129 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 $51,631 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.