The Nebraska all-occupations median was 3.9% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Fast Food and Counter Workers had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 30,060.
Among those high-employment rows, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers had the highest published location quotient at 8.69. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Nebraska
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Fast Food and Counter...: 30,060 jobs. Registered Nurses: 24,720 jobs. General and Operation...: 24,030 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Tra...: 23,160 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 22,780 jobs. Cashiers: 20,650 jobs.
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Nebraska was 90.1, or 9.9% below the national price level. Its housing index was 75.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
$54,360
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Nebraska; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 90.1. Housing: 75.2.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 31.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Nebraska: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Nebraska?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $48,980 per year in Nebraska. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Nebraska?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 1,024,370 jobs for Nebraska. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Nebraska?
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 30,060 estimated jobs and a published median of $29,000 per year.
Does the Nebraska wage data adjust for local prices?
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
From market data to your evidence
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Pick an eligible listing, then MeritLog can help you prepare from experience you have confirmed. WageScope never turns a BLS estimate into a qualification or résumé claim.
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Nebraska at $48,980 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 1,024,370 covered jobs in Nebraska. The all-occupations mean is $62,400 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Nebraska's $48,980 all-occupations median is 3.9% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Nebraska ranks 29 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Nebraska has 1,024,370 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
26. Pennsylvania has an all-occupations median of $49,690 per year and 6,064,600 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $710.
27. Ohio has an all-occupations median of $49,380 per year and 5,550,180 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $400.
28. Michigan has an all-occupations median of $49,270 per year and 4,403,730 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $290.
30. Montana has an all-occupations median of $48,740 per year and 511,580 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $240.
31. Texas has an all-occupations median of $48,620 per year and 14,071,160 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $360.
32. Iowa has an all-occupations median of $48,540 per year and 1,559,240 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Nebraska is $440.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Nebraska
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Nebraska. The first row, Fast Food and Counter Workers, has 30,060 estimated jobs. Its median is $29,000 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 30,060 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $29,000 per year. Its location quotient is 1.18.
2. Registered Nurses has 24,720 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $84,730 per year. Its location quotient is 1.11.
3. General and Operations Managers has 24,030 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $85,090 per year. Its location quotient is 1.04.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Nebraska
The detailed roles shown for Nebraska do not share one pay level. Software Developers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $110,900 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $48,980 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Software Developers has a published median of $110,900 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 7,260 jobs. Its local share is 0.65 times the national share.
2. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $85,090 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 24,030 jobs. Its local share is 1.04 times the national share.
3. Registered Nurses has a published median of $84,730 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 24,720 jobs. Its local share is 1.11 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Nebraska
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Nebraska with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 8.69. The same row has 8,340 jobs and a median of $47,580 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has a location quotient of 8.69 in Nebraska. BLS lists 8,340 jobs and a median of $47,580 per year.
2. Childcare Workers has a location quotient of 2.75 in Nebraska. BLS lists 9,390 jobs and a median of $30,740 per year.
3. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.72 in Nebraska. BLS lists 16,450 jobs and a median of $40,000 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Nebraska
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Nebraska is 90.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 9.9% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 75.2. The goods index is 94.1. Utilities are 75.6. Other services are 93.0. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
The all-occupations employment RSE for Nebraska is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 1,024,370 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Nebraska row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Nebraska's $48,980 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
The page does not say what one person in Nebraska earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 29 of 54 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 23,160 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $58,390 per year. Its location quotient is 1.7.
5. Retail Salespersons has 22,780 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $31,870 per year. Its location quotient is 0.89.
6. Cashiers has 20,650 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $30,250 per year. Its location quotient is 1.01.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 17,980 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $35,920 per year. Its location quotient is 0.96.
8. Nursing Assistants has 16,450 estimated jobs in Nebraska. Its published median is $40,000 per year. Its location quotient is 1.72.
4. Accountants and Auditors has a published median of $72,080 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 10,340 jobs. Its local share is 1.08 times the national share.
5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a published median of $64,030 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 8,550 jobs. Its local share is 1.05 times the national share.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $62,380 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 8,710 jobs. Its local share is 0.95 times the national share.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $61,980 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 9,930 jobs. Its local share is 1.05 times the national share.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $58,390 per year in Nebraska. BLS lists 23,160 jobs. Its local share is 1.7 times the national share.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Nebraska. BLS lists 23,160 jobs and a median of $58,390 per year.
5. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.47 in Nebraska. BLS lists 7,320 jobs and a median of $30,180 per year.
6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.44 in Nebraska. BLS lists 16,240 jobs and a median of $46,760 per year.
7. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.2 in Nebraska. BLS lists 11,190 jobs and a median of $35,160 per year.
8. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.18 in Nebraska. BLS lists 8,530 jobs and a median of $47,260 per year.
Precise employer-title matches for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Nebraska
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Nebraska place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
