Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,242
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$26,178
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,574
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
$104,420
Kept after tax
$78,242
Worth in national money
$86,574
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $104,420, which ranks 7 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 3.27% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 36 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $104,420 you keep $78,242, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $86,574 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $102,260, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska ranks 7 of 49 states publishing a median for social scientists and related workers, all other, at $104,420 — about 3.27% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Social scientists and related workers, all other ranks 36 of 488 occupations by median in Nebraska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for social scientists and related workers, all other on $104,420 is $78,242. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $86,574 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 $102,260 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,270 |
| This salary | $104,420 |
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 | $78,242 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,892 |
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 | $98,667 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,613 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of social scientists and related workers, all other in Nebraska earn under $104,420 and half over. The published range runs $65,830 at the tenth percentile to $131,270 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $78,242 take-home in Nebraska comes from $104,420. 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 36 of 488.
- Two cautions on $86,574, the adjusted value of that $104,420 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 36 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for social scientists and related workers, all other in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,830 to $131,270; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $78,242, from $104,420, 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 36 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 49 for it.
- This $86,574 adjusted figure, worked from $104,420, 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 36 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 36 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,830 at the tenth percentile, $131,270 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 $86,574.
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, $78,242 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,830 to $131,270) 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 $86,574 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 $78,242 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.