Natural Sciences Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,902
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$31,719
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,368
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
$120,620
Kept after tax
$88,902
Worth in national money
$98,368
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is among the lower-paying states for natural sciences managers. The middle earner takes $120,620, ranking 36 of 48 states — about 27.87% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 19 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $120,620 the take-home is $88,902; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $98,368 would nationally. The average comes to $122,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 36 of 48 for natural sciences managers, with a median of $120,620 — about 27.87% 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.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 19 of 488 occupations by median in Nebraska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for natural sciences managers in Nebraska, on $120,620, is $88,902 — equivalent to $98,368 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 $122,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $189,000 |
| This salary | $120,620 |
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 | $88,902 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,686 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,959 |
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 | $113,819 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,750 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of natural sciences managers in Nebraska earn under $120,620 and half over. The published range runs $65,140 at the tenth percentile to $189,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $88,902 take-home in Nebraska comes from $120,620. 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 19 of 488.
- Two cautions on $98,368, the adjusted value of that $120,620 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 19 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for natural sciences managers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,140 to $189,000; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $88,902, from $120,620, 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 19 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 48 for it.
- This $98,368 adjusted figure, worked from $120,620, 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 19 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 19 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $65,140 at the bottom tenth to $189,000 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $98,368.
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, $88,902 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 ($65,140) and the ninetieth ($189,000) 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 $98,368 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 $88,902 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.