Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Lincoln, NE

544 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Lincoln, NE for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$60,670	650	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$60,670	650	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$60,280	140	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$60,200	60	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$60,200	60	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$60,120	50	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$60,120	50	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$60,000	130	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$60,000	130	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$60,000	130	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$60,000	130	View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$59,950	100	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$59,790	—	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$59,780	40	View salary detail
Firefighters	$59,760	240	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$59,700	50	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$59,680	140	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$59,640	170	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$59,570	410	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$59,570	340	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$59,350	490	View salary detail
Mechanical Drafters	$59,190	80	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$58,750	750	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$58,750	750	View salary detail
Drafters, All Other	$58,690	40	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$58,650	170	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$58,600	50	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$58,470	60	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$57,990	290	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$57,900	130	View salary detail
Machinists	$57,820	240	View salary detail
Clergy	$57,790	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$57,780	270	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$57,590	530	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$57,430	70	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$57,260	170	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$57,150	50	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$57,120	250	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$57,000	700	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$57,000	340	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$56,900	200	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$56,850	120	View salary detail
Curators	$56,820	30	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$56,510	310	View salary detail
Food Scientists and Technologists	$56,250	70	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$56,010	1,160	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$55,850	60	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$55,760	310	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$55,730	160	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$55,630	60	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.