Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,634
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$15,987
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,877
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
$74,620
Kept after tax
$58,634
Worth in national money
$64,877
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $74,620, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 129 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $74,620 the take-home is $58,634; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $64,877 would nationally. The average comes to $75,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for police and sheriff's patrol officers: a median of $74,620, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 129 of 488 in Nebraska places police and sheriff's patrol officers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Nebraska, on $74,620, is $58,634 — equivalent to $64,877 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 $75,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,210 |
| This salary | $74,620 |
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 | $58,634 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,325 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,769 |
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 | $70,794 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,444 |
| 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 $74,620. The published range is $54,680 up to $95,210, 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 $58,634, worked from $74,620. 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 129 of 488.
- Two cautions on $64,877, the adjusted value of that $74,620 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 129 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,680 to $95,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $58,634, on $74,620 for work ranking 129 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 129 of 488 in the state.
- This $64,877 adjusted figure, worked from $74,620, 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 129 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 129 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $54,680 at the tenth percentile, $95,210 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $64,877 in national terms.
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, $58,634 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,680 to $95,210) 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 $64,877 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 $58,634 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.