Prepress Technicians and Workers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,908
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$7,022
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,519
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the bottom tenth 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
$40,930
Kept after tax
$33,908
Worth in national money
$37,519
State rank
39
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays prepress technicians and workers a middle wage of $40,930, 39 of 45 states and about 15.94% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Nebraska this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, prepress technicians and workers ranks 397. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $40,930 you keep $33,908, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,519 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,110, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nebraska's $40,930 median for prepress technicians and workers places it 39 of 45 states, about 15.94% 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.
- Against every occupation Nebraska reports, prepress technicians and workers ranks 397 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for prepress technicians and workers on $40,930 is $33,908. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,519 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 $45,110 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,830 |
| This salary | $40,930 |
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 | $33,908 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,067 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,433 |
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 | $39,488 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,733 |
| 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 $40,930. The published range is $40,930 up to $58,830, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $33,908 take-home in Nebraska comes from $40,930. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 397 of 488.
- Two cautions on $37,519, the adjusted value of that $40,930 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 397 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for prepress technicians and workers in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,930 to $58,830. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $33,908, from $40,930, assumes a single Nebraska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 397 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 45 for it.
- This $37,519 adjusted figure, worked from $40,930, 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 397 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 397 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $45,110, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,930 at the tenth percentile, $58,830 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 $37,519 in national terms.
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 $33,908.
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 45 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 $45,110. 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 ($40,930 to $58,830) 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 $37,519 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 $33,908 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.