Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,511
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$9,449
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,932
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
$50,960
Kept after tax
$41,511
Worth in national money
$45,932
State rank
5
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $50,960, which ranks 5 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 8.01% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 278 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 $50,960 you keep $41,511, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $45,932 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $49,620, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska ranks 5 of 45 states publishing a median for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, at $50,960 — about 8.01% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 278 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 multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic on $50,960 is $41,511. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $45,932 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 $49,620 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,280 |
| This salary | $50,960 |
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 | $41,511 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,552 |
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 | $48,950 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,876 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,960 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,120 and the ninetieth is $60,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $41,511 take-home in Nebraska comes from $50,960. 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 278 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,932 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 278.
- The Nebraska median of $50,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,120 to $60,280. 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 $41,511, from $50,960, 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 278 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,932, worked from $50,960, 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 278 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,120 at the tenth percentile, $60,280 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 $45,932 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 $41,511 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 ($38,120 to $60,280) 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 $45,932 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 $41,511 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.