Parking Attendants in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,799
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$5,081
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,759
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
$32,880
Kept after tax
$27,799
Worth in national money
$30,759
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays parking attendants around $32,880 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 488 occupations Nebraska publishes, parking attendants lands at 464. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $32,880 the take-home is $27,799; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $30,759 would nationally. The average lands at $32,200, below the middle of the range.
- For parking attendants the Nebraska median is $32,880, ranking 25 of 51 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.
- Within Nebraska, this work ranks 464 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for parking attendants in Nebraska, on $32,880, is $27,799 — equivalent to $30,759 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 $32,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,200 |
| This salary | $32,880 |
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 | $27,799 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,599 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,329 |
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 | $31,884 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,607 |
| 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 $32,880. The published range is $28,080 up to $37,200, 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 $27,799, worked from $32,880. 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 464 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,759 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 464.
- Reported values are medians; for parking attendants in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,080 to $37,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $27,799, on $32,880 for work ranking 464 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 464 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,759, worked from $32,880, 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 464 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,080 and the top tenth $37,200, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $30,759.
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 $27,799 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,080 to $37,200) 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 $30,759 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 $27,799 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.