Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,487
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,483
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,585
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
$46,970
Kept after tax
$38,487
Worth in national money
$42,585
State rank
13
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nebraska's middle earner gets $46,970, putting the state 13 of 46 — about 9.82% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 344 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,970 you keep $38,487, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,585 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,180, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, Nebraska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,970, ranking 13 of 46 and running about 9.82% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 344 of 488 in Nebraska places sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood on $46,970 is $38,487. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,585 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 $48,180 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,190 |
| This salary | $46,970 |
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 | $38,487 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,920 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,504 |
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 | $45,186 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,819 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,970 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,040 and the ninetieth is $56,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $38,487, worked from $46,970. 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 344 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,585, the adjusted value of that $46,970 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 344 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $46,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,040 to $56,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nebraska take-home of $38,487, on $46,970 for work ranking 344 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 344 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $42,585 — the adjusted value of that $46,970 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 344 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,040 and the top tenth $56,190, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,585.
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 $38,487.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,040 to $56,190) 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 $42,585 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 $38,487 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.