New Accounts Clerks in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,616
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,524
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,728
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
$47,140
Kept after tax
$38,616
Worth in national money
$42,728
State rank
25
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays new accounts clerks around $47,140 at the midpoint, 25 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. New accounts clerks ranks 337 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,140 you keep $38,616 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,728 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- For new accounts clerks the Nebraska median is $47,140, ranking 25 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 337 of 488 in Nebraska places new accounts clerks 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $38,616 after the full tax stack, from $47,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,728 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,400 |
| This salary | $47,140 |
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 | $38,616 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,057 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,506 |
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 | $45,346 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,822 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,140 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,060 and the ninetieth is $65,400 — 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 $38,616, worked from $47,140. 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 337 of 488.
- Two cautions on $42,728, the adjusted value of that $47,140 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 337 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $47,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,060 to $65,400. 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 $38,616, on $47,140 for work ranking 337 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 337 of 488 in the state.
- This $42,728 adjusted figure, worked from $47,140, 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 337 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 337 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,060 at the bottom tenth to $65,400 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,728 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 $38,616 of this wage survives to your account.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,060 to $65,400) 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 $42,728 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 $38,616 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.