Rehabilitation Counselors in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,547
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,503
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,652
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
$47,050
Kept after tax
$38,547
Worth in national money
$42,652
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays rehabilitation counselors around $47,050 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Rehabilitation counselors ranks 342 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,050 you keep $38,547 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,652 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $51,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- For rehabilitation counselors the Nebraska median is $47,050, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 342 of 488 in Nebraska places rehabilitation counselors 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $38,547 after the full tax stack, from $47,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,652 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,040 |
| This salary | $47,050 |
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 | $38,547 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,505 |
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 | $45,261 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,820 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,050 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,040 and the ninetieth is $68,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,547 take-home in Nebraska comes from $47,050. 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 342 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,652, the adjusted value of that $47,050 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 342 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $47,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,040 to $68,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,547, from $47,050, 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 342 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $42,652 — the adjusted value of that $47,050 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 342 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 $51,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,040 at the bottom tenth to $68,040 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,652 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,547.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $51,060. 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 ($37,040 to $68,040) 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 $42,652 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 $38,547 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.