Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,328
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,432
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,409
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
$46,760
Kept after tax
$38,328
Worth in national money
$42,409
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $46,760 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 348 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,760 you keep $38,328, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,409 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive the Nebraska median is $46,760, ranking 25 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 348 of 488 in Nebraska places secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive 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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive on $46,760 is $38,328. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,409 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 $47,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,130 |
| This salary | $46,760 |
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 | $38,328 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,752 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,502 |
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 | $44,988 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,816 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nebraska earn less than $46,760. The published range is $35,900 up to $62,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,328 take-home in Nebraska comes from $46,760. 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 348 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,409 uses one figure for the whole of Nebraska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 348.
- Reported values are medians; for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,900 to $62,130. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,328, from $46,760, 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 348 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,409, worked from $46,760, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nebraska address, on work sitting at 348 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,900 at the tenth percentile, $62,130 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,409.
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 $38,328 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,900 to $62,130) 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 $42,409 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 $38,328 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.