Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,320
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$24,140
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,234
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
$98,460
Kept after tax
$74,320
Worth in national money
$82,234
State rank
23
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nebraska is 23 of 47 states for physics teachers, postsecondary, with a middle wage of $98,460. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 46 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $98,460 the take-home is $74,320; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,234 would nationally. The average comes to $108,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 23 of 47 for physics teachers, postsecondary at $98,460. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Nebraska, physics teachers, postsecondary ranks 46 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for physics teachers, postsecondary in Nebraska, on $98,460, is $74,320 — equivalent to $82,234 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 $108,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,280 |
| This salary | $98,460 |
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 | $74,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,097 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,867 |
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 | $93,092 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,580 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,460 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,240 and the ninetieth is $165,280 — 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 $74,320, worked from $98,460. 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 46 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,234, the adjusted value of that $98,460 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 46 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $98,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,240 to $165,280. 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 $74,320, on $98,460 for work ranking 46 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 46 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $82,234 — the adjusted value of that $98,460 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 46 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 $108,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,240, the highest tenth $165,280, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $82,234.
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 $74,320.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $108,010. 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 ($61,240) and the ninetieth ($165,280) 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 $82,234 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 $74,320 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.