Physician Assistants in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,849
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$36,191
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,162
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
$133,040
Kept after tax
$96,849
Worth in national money
$107,162
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays physician assistants around $133,040 at the midpoint, 33 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, physician assistants comes in at 12 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $133,040 the take-home is $96,849; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $107,162 would nationally. The average lands at $132,810, below the middle of the range.
- For physician assistants the Nebraska median is $133,040, ranking 33 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.
- Physician assistants ranks 12 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 physician assistants in Nebraska, on $133,040, is $96,849 — equivalent to $107,162 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 $132,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $133,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,540 |
| This salary | $133,040 |
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 | $96,849 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $102,199 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,992 |
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 | $125,213 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,833 |
| 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 physician assistants in Nebraska earn under $133,040 and half over. The published range runs $103,720 at the tenth percentile to $165,540 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 $96,849, worked from $133,040. 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 12 of 488.
- Two cautions on $107,162, the adjusted value of that $133,040 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 12 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physician assistants in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $103,720 to $165,540; 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 $96,849, on $133,040 for work ranking 12 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 12 of 488 in the state.
- This $107,162 adjusted figure, worked from $133,040, 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 12 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 12 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $103,720 at the bottom tenth to $165,540 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 $107,162 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $96,849.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($103,720 to $165,540) 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 $107,162 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 $96,849 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.