Residential Advisors in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,736
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,244
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,755
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
$45,980
Kept after tax
$37,736
Worth in national money
$41,755
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays residential advisors a middle wage of $45,980, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 8.85% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Residential advisors ranks 361 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,980 the take-home is $37,736; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,755 would nationally. The average lands at $42,370, below the middle of the range.
- Nebraska's median for residential advisors is $45,980, about 8.85% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 361 of 488 in Nebraska places residential advisors 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 residential advisors in Nebraska, on $45,980, is $37,736 — equivalent to $41,755 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 $42,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,130 |
| This salary | $45,980 |
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 | $37,736 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,125 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,493 |
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 | $44,252 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,805 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,980 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,440 and the ninetieth is $47,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $37,736, from $45,980, 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 361 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,755, the adjusted value of that $45,980 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 361 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $45,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,440 to $47,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,736 from $45,980. 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 361 of 488 locally.
- This $41,755 adjusted figure, worked from $45,980, 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 361 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 361 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 $42,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,440 and the top tenth $47,130, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,755 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, $37,736 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 $42,370. 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 ($29,440 to $47,130) 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 $41,755 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 $37,736 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.