Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,328
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,752
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,516
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
$48,080
Kept after tax
$39,328
Worth in national money
$43,516
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for surveying and mapping technicians is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $48,080. That is 42 of 50 states, and about 11.36% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 324 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,080 the take-home is $39,328; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,516 would nationally. The average comes to $51,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For surveying and mapping technicians, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $48,080, ranking 42 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 11.36%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Surveying and mapping technicians ranks 324 of 488 occupations in Nebraska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for surveying and mapping technicians in Nebraska, on $48,080, is $39,328 — equivalent to $43,516 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 $51,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,580 |
| This salary | $48,080 |
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 | $39,328 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,517 |
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 | $46,233 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,835 |
| 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 surveying and mapping technicians in Nebraska earn under $48,080 and half over. The published range runs $38,910 at the tenth percentile to $66,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $39,328, from $48,080, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 324 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,516 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 324.
- Figures are distribution medians for surveying and mapping technicians in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,910 to $66,580; 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.
- Take-home for Nebraska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,328 from $48,080. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 324 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,516, worked from $48,080, 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 324 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,480 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,910 and the top tenth $66,580, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,516.
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, $39,328 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $51,480. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,910 to $66,580) 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 $43,516 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 $39,328 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.
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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.