Pediatricians, General in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$124,251
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$51,739
29.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$137,482
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
$175,990
Kept after tax
$124,251
Worth in national money
$137,482
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays pediatricians, general a middle wage of $175,990, 42 of 49 states and about 16.21% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 5 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $175,990 you keep $124,251, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $137,482 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $210,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska's $175,990 median for pediatricians, general places it 42 of 49 states, about 16.21% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 5 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for pediatricians, general on $175,990 is $124,251. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $137,482 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 $210,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $175,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $460,280 |
| This salary | $175,990 |
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 | $124,251 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $131,555 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,103 |
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 | $165,304 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,990 |
| 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 pediatricians, general in Nebraska earn under $175,990 and half over. The published range runs $71,120 at the tenth percentile to $460,280 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $124,251, worked from $175,990. 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 5 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $137,482 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 5.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,120 to $460,280; 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.
- The Nebraska take-home of $124,251, on $175,990 for work ranking 5 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 5 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $137,482, worked from $175,990, 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 5 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $210,390, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $71,120 and the top tenth $460,280 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $137,482 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, $124,251 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $210,390. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($71,120) and the ninetieth ($460,280) 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 $137,482 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 $124,251 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.