Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,935
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$8,945
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,187
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
$48,880
Kept after tax
$39,935
Worth in national money
$44,187
State rank
37
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nebraska. The middle earner gets $48,880. That is 37 of 47 states, and about 16.66% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Nebraska, this sits in the middle: 308 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 $48,880 the take-home is $39,935; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,187 would nationally. The average comes to $54,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, Nebraska sits in the lower band at $48,880, ranking 37 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 16.66%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ranks 308 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Nebraska, on $48,880, is $39,935 — equivalent to $44,187 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 $54,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,460 |
| This salary | $48,880 |
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 | $39,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,455 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,527 |
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 | $46,988 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,847 |
| 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Nebraska earn under $48,880 and half over. The published range runs $43,910 at the tenth percentile to $68,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nebraska the take-home figure of $39,935, from $48,880, 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 308 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,187, the adjusted value of that $48,880 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 308 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,910 to $68,460; 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 $39,935 from $48,880. 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 308 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $44,187 — the adjusted value of that $48,880 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 308 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 $54,290, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,910 and the top tenth $68,460, 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 $44,187.
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, $39,935 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 $54,290. 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 ($43,910 to $68,460) 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 $44,187 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 $39,935 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.