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Nebraska Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Nebraska-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Nebraska is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Nebraska Salaries

How Nebraska salaries compare to the national market

Nebraska trade wages run about 7% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.93 Nebraska wage index to national medians. Data-centre construction around Omaha and Sarpy County has been the dominant source of electrical and mechanical work for a decade, alongside the long-running Offutt Air Force Base rebuild and steady food-processing plant maintenance across the state. On the tax side, Nebraska withholds Top rate stepping down toward 3.99% by 2027, with no local wage tax on top.

Nebraska: nebraska salary calculator — Nebraska wage index 0.93× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~7% below, State income tax Top rate stepping down toward 3.99% by 2027. Simplified outline of Nebraska, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Nebraska — a stylised shape, not to scale.
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Nebraska trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Nebraska-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.93 Nebraska wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeNebraska median / yrNational medianNebraska / hr
Electrician$58,770$63,190$28.25
Plumber$59,330$63,800$28.52
HVAC Technician$56,740$61,010$27.28
Pipefitter$59,330$63,800$28.52
Ironworker$58,390$62,780$28.07
Carpenter$56,340$60,580$27.09

Trade pay by Nebraska metro

Local BLS medians vs the Nebraska state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Omaha$60,5301.03× state
Bellevue$59,3601.01× state
Lincoln$58,1800.99× state
Grand Island$55,2400.94× state
What is driving trade demand in Nebraska?

Data centres, mainly. Sarpy County's campuses have kept electricians, controls technicians and mechanical crews continuously busy, and each new phase restarts hiring. The Offutt Air Force Base reconstruction after the 2019 flood added years of federal work, and food-processing plants across the state supply steady industrial maintenance between projects.

How accurate is the Nebraska benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Nebraska wage index (0.93×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Omaha scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Nebraska salary guide.

Does a Nebraska salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Nebraska withholds Top rate stepping down toward 3.99% by 2027 from every paycheck, with no local wage tax on top, which costs roughly $3,016 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Nebraska paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Nebraska?

It varies by role: the Nebraska electrician median is about $58,770, plumbers $59,330, HVAC technicians $56,740, and pipefitters $59,330 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Nebraska-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Nebraska wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.93 Nebraska factor to localise them, reflecting that Nebraska gross pay runs about 7% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Nebraska metros pay trades the most?

Omaha leads at about 3% above the state figure on data-centre, healthcare and commercial volume, with Bellevue close behind on Offutt base work. Lincoln sits just under the state median on university and state projects, and Grand Island lowest.

Do Nebraska trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Nebraska follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and data-centre build-outs in Sarpy County run the extended schedules that make overtime a reliable part of annual pay. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.93 Nebraska wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Nebraska Department of Revenue · Nebraska Department of Labor. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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