Purchasing Managers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,088
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$32,922
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,788
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
$124,010
Kept after tax
$91,088
Worth in national money
$100,788
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nebraska pays purchasing managers a middle wage of $124,010, 41 of 50 states and about 16.25% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 17 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $124,010 you keep $91,088 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $100,788 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $129,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska's $124,010 median for purchasing managers places it 41 of 50 states, about 16.25% 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.
- Within Nebraska, purchasing managers ranks 17 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $91,088 after the full tax stack, from $124,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $100,788 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $129,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $183,930 |
| This salary | $124,010 |
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 | $91,088 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,027 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,969 |
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 | $116,927 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,800 |
| 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 purchasing managers in Nebraska earn under $124,010 and half over. The published range runs $77,690 at the tenth percentile to $183,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $91,088, from $124,010, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 17 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $100,788, the adjusted value of that $124,010 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 17 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for purchasing managers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,690 to $183,930; 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.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $91,088 from $124,010. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 17 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $100,788 — the adjusted value of that $124,010 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 17 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 $129,590, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $77,690, the highest tenth $183,930, 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 $100,788.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Nebraska adds its own income tax on top — which is why $91,088 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $129,590. 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 ($77,690) and the ninetieth ($183,930) 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 $100,788 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 $91,088 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.