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
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$55,510	470	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$55,440	100	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$55,240	280	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$54,530	30	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,420	70	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,150	180	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$53,990	820	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$53,950	100	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$53,800	30	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$53,760	130	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$53,170	70	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$52,790	90	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$52,740	50	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$52,600	50	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,340	370	View salary detail
Editors	$52,000	80	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$51,650	150	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$51,650	150	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$51,020	60	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$50,640	1,540	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$50,310	40	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$50,270	70	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$49,970	700	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,940	180	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$49,920	60	View salary detail
Carpenters	$49,910	1,020	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$49,870	270	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,790	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$49,680	310	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$49,500	770	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$49,500	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,350	120	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$49,240	70	View salary detail
Glaziers	$48,800	60	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$48,770	370	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$48,630	50	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,500	50	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$48,440	580	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$48,340	60	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$48,190	230	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,140	270	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$48,080	120	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,040	200	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$47,930	1,660	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$47,890	220	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$47,880	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$47,770	180	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,690	200	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$47,590	60	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$47,400	110	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.