Tire Repairers and Changers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,619
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$5,971
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,879
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
$36,590
Kept after tax
$30,619
Worth in national money
$33,879
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tire repairers and changers is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $36,590. That is 34 of 50 states, and about 2.97% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Nebraska publishes, tire repairers and changers lands at 439. 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 $36,590 the take-home is $30,619; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,879 would nationally. The average comes to $38,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For tire repairers and changers, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $36,590, ranking 34 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 2.97%. 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 439 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 tire repairers and changers in Nebraska, on $36,590, is $30,619 — equivalent to $33,879 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 $38,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,760 |
| This salary | $36,590 |
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 | $30,619 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,580 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,381 |
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 | $35,394 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,670 |
| 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 tire repairers and changers in Nebraska earn under $36,590 and half over. The published range runs $30,180 at the tenth percentile to $45,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $30,619, from $36,590, 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 439 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,879, the adjusted value of that $36,590 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 439 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tire repairers and changers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,180 to $45,760; 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 $30,619 from $36,590. 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 439 of 488 locally.
- This $33,879 adjusted figure, worked from $36,590, 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 439 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 439 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $38,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,180 at the bottom tenth to $45,760 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 $33,879 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 $30,619.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $38,920. 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 ($30,180 to $45,760) 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 $33,879 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 $30,619 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.