Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,858
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$18,702
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,658
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
$82,560
Kept after tax
$63,858
Worth in national money
$70,658
State rank
9
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nebraska's middle earner gets $82,560, putting the state 9 of 48 — about 4.96% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 96 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,560 you keep $63,858 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,658 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $112,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- For securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents, Nebraska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $82,560, ranking 9 of 48 and running about 4.96% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents sits 96 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $63,858 after the full tax stack, from $82,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,658 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $112,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $203,600 |
| This salary | $82,560 |
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 | $63,858 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,911 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,802 |
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 | $78,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,489 |
| 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 $82,560. The published range is $50,300 up to $203,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $63,858, worked from $82,560. 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 96 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,658, the adjusted value of that $82,560 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 96 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Nebraska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,300 to $203,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nebraska take-home of $63,858, on $82,560 for work ranking 96 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 96 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $70,658 — the adjusted value of that $82,560 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 96 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 $112,800, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,300 and the top tenth $203,600 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $70,658 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 $63,858.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $112,800. 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 ($50,300) and the ninetieth ($203,600) 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 $70,658 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 $63,858 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.