Tile and Stone Setters in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,871
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$11,479
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,969
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
$59,350
Kept after tax
$47,871
Worth in national money
$52,969
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays tile and stone setters a middle wage of $59,350, ranking 14 of 47 states and sitting about 6.57% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 234 among 488 occupations Nebraska publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,350 you keep $47,871 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,969 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,850.
- Nebraska's median for tile and stone setters is $59,350, about 6.57% above the national figure and 14 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 234 of 488 in Nebraska places tile and stone setters in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $47,871 after the full tax stack, from $59,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,969 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,850 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,530 |
| This salary | $59,350 |
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 | $47,871 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,868 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,651 |
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 | $56,865 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,997 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,350 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,600 and the ninetieth is $85,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,871 take-home in Nebraska comes from $59,350. 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 234 of 488.
- Two cautions on $52,969, the adjusted value of that $59,350 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 234 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $59,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,600 to $85,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,871, from $59,350, 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 234 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 47 for it.
- This $52,969 adjusted figure, worked from $59,350, 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 234 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 234 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 $56,850, 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 $31,600 and the top tenth $85,530 — 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 $52,969 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $47,871 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $56,850. 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 ($31,600) and the ninetieth ($85,530) 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 $52,969 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 $47,871 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.