Social and Human Service Assistants in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,400
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$6,540
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,850
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
$38,940
Kept after tax
$32,400
Worth in national money
$35,850
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $38,940. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 15.22% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Nebraska publishes, this job lands at 415. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $38,940 the take-home is $32,400; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,850 would nationally. The average comes to $39,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For social and human service assistants, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $38,940, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.22%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Nebraska, this work ranks 415 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for social and human service assistants in Nebraska, on $38,940, is $32,400 — equivalent to $35,850 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 $39,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social and Human Service Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,640 |
| This salary | $38,940 |
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 | $32,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,468 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,409 |
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 | $37,611 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,704 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,940 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,010 and the ninetieth is $46,640 — 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 $32,400, worked from $38,940. 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 415 of 488.
- Two cautions on $35,850, the adjusted value of that $38,940 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 415 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $38,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,010 to $46,640. 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 $32,400, on $38,940 for work ranking 415 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 415 of 488 in the state.
- This $35,850 adjusted figure, worked from $38,940, 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 415 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,010 and the top tenth $46,640, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $35,850 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 $32,400.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,010 to $46,640) 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 $35,850 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 $32,400 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.