Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,498
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$10,402
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,236
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
$54,900
Kept after tax
$44,498
Worth in national money
$49,236
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 31 of 51 states for payroll and timekeeping clerks, with a middle wage of $54,900. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 262 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 $54,900 you keep $44,498, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,236 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $57,030, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska ranks 31 of 51 for payroll and timekeeping clerks at $54,900. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Payroll and timekeeping clerks ranks 262 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 payroll and timekeeping clerks on $54,900 is $44,498. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,236 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 $57,030 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,360 |
| This salary | $54,900 |
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 | $44,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,292 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,598 |
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 | $52,667 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,933 |
| 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 $54,900. The published range is $43,320 up to $74,360, 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 $44,498, worked from $54,900. 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 262 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,236, the adjusted value of that $54,900 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 262 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,320 to $74,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $44,498, on $54,900 for work ranking 262 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 262 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $49,236 — the adjusted value of that $54,900 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 262 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $57,030 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,320 and the top tenth $74,360, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $49,236 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $44,498 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nebraska is $57,030. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,320 to $74,360) 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 $49,236 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 $44,498 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.