Project Management Specialists in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,272
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$17,878
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,904
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
$80,150
Kept after tax
$62,272
Worth in national money
$68,904
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is among the lower-paying states for project management specialists. The middle earner takes $80,150, ranking 48 of 51 states — about 21.67% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, project management specialists comes in at 104 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,150 the take-home is $62,272; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,904 would nationally. The average comes to $86,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nebraska ranks 48 of 51 for project management specialists, with a median of $80,150 — about 21.67% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Project management specialists ranks 104 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 project management specialists in Nebraska, on $80,150, is $62,272 — equivalent to $68,904 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 $86,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,560 |
| This salary | $80,150 |
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 | $62,272 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,216 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,792 |
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 | $75,966 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,475 |
| 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 project management specialists in Nebraska earn under $80,150 and half over. The published range runs $51,630 at the tenth percentile to $129,560 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 $62,272, worked from $80,150. 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 104 of 488.
- Two cautions on $68,904, the adjusted value of that $80,150 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 104 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for project management specialists in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,630 to $129,560; 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 $62,272, on $80,150 for work ranking 104 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 104 of 488 in the state.
- This $68,904 adjusted figure, worked from $80,150, 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 104 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 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 $86,240, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,630 at the bottom tenth to $129,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $68,904.
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, $62,272 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.
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 $86,240. 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 ($51,630) and the ninetieth ($129,560) 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 $68,904 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 $62,272 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.