Tool and Die Makers in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,034
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$14,116
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,895
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
$69,150
Kept after tax
$55,034
Worth in national money
$60,895
State rank
12
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nebraska pays tool and die makers a middle wage of $69,150, ranking 12 of 45 states and sitting about 7.96% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 140.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $69,150 you keep $55,034, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,895 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $68,930, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska's median for tool and die makers is $69,150, about 7.96% above the national figure and 12 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, tool and die makers sits at 140 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for tool and die makers on $69,150 is $55,034. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,895 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $68,930 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,140 |
| This salary | $69,150 |
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 | $55,034 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,477 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,747 |
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 | $65,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,413 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $69,150 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,680 and the ninetieth is $83,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $55,034 take-home in Nebraska comes from $69,150. 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 140 of 488.
- Two cautions on $60,895, the adjusted value of that $69,150 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 140 of 488 locally.
- The Nebraska median of $69,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,680 to $83,140. 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 $55,034, from $69,150, 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 140 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 45 for it.
- This $60,895 adjusted figure, worked from $69,150, 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 140 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 140 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,680 at the bottom tenth to $83,140 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $60,895.
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, $55,034 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($49,680 to $83,140) 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 $60,895 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 $55,034 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.