Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Nebraska

783 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Nebraska for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$57,760	60	View salary detail
Clergy	$57,520	270	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$57,370	1,390	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$57,280	650	View salary detail
History Teachers, Postsecondary	$57,150	190	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$57,080	360	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$56,940	310	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$56,800	230	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$56,760	280	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$56,700	1,670	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$56,510	110	View salary detail
Paramedics	$56,230	490	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$56,190	230	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$56,160	550	View salary detail
Machinists	$55,860	1,810	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$55,810	120	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$55,710	1,690	View salary detail
Animal Scientists	$55,300	210	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$55,090	370	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$54,900	910	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$54,770	170	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$54,690	40	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$54,130	1,120	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$53,950	270	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$53,880	1,500	View salary detail
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	$53,340	40	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$53,190	80	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$53,170	160	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$53,050	570	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$52,800	60	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$52,630	610	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$52,580	470	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$52,580	470	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$52,580	470	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$52,580	470	View salary detail
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	$52,410	—	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,360	510	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$52,220	4,200	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$52,210	830	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$51,780	160	View salary detail
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	$51,760	70	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$51,750	160	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$51,670	1,640	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$51,630	100	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$51,270	3,350	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,960	1,250	View salary detail
Special Effects Artists and Animators	$50,830	90	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$50,700	9,850	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$50,660	290	View salary detail
Carpet Installers	$50,600	—	View salary detail

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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.