Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,024
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$23,986
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,907
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
$98,010
Kept after tax
$74,024
Worth in national money
$81,907
State rank
26
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nebraska pays this job around $98,010 at the midpoint, 26 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Nebraska reports, this job comes in at 52 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,010 you keep $74,024 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $81,907 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $98,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For software quality assurance analysts and testers the Nebraska median is $98,010, ranking 26 of 46 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.
- Software quality assurance analysts and testers ranks 52 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.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $74,024 after the full tax stack, from $98,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $81,907 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $98,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,490 |
| This salary | $98,010 |
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 | $74,024 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,780 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,866 |
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 | $92,671 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,577 |
| 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 software quality assurance analysts and testers in Nebraska earn under $98,010 and half over. The published range runs $64,750 at the tenth percentile to $131,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,024 take-home in Nebraska comes from $98,010. 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 52 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,907, the adjusted value of that $98,010 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 52 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for software quality assurance analysts and testers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,750 to $131,490; 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 $74,024, from $98,010, 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 52 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $81,907 — the adjusted value of that $98,010 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 52 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $64,750 at the bottom tenth to $131,490 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $81,907 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $74,024 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 ($64,750 to $131,490) 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 $81,907 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 $74,024 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.