Lincoln, NE Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lincoln, NE moved from $48,860 in May 2024 to $49,800 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lincoln, NE sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lincoln, NE
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers publishes $81,790 here versus $58,640 nationally (+39.5%; 4,530metro-area jobs). Next is Accountants and Auditors at $65,170 locally versus $83,680 nationally (-22.1%).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$81,790 in Lincoln, NE sits 39.5% above the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (4,530 published local jobs).
- Accountants and Auditors$65,170 in Lincoln, NE sits 22.1% below the national Accountants and Auditors median of $83,680 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,990 in Lincoln, NE sits 12.5% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,080 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$92,780 in Lincoln, NE sits 12.3% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,680 published local jobs).
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lincoln, NE; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 30700 · Lincoln, NE $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #152/528
- RPP-LOW 91.6
- OCC-MOST 443 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $370K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northern New Mex…
- BOOK-FULL 438 rows · May 2025
Read with Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area (+$18 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Lincoln, NE
Where Lincoln, NE already employs the upper wage tier
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Lincoln, NE's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,110 jobs · $130,340
- 2. Financial Managers 1,010 jobs · $131,150
- 3. Sales Managers 560 jobs · $120,430
- 4. Chief Executives 460 jobs · $217,780
- 5. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $149,590
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 370 jobs · $139,670
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $124,440
- 8. Human Resources Managers 300 jobs · $123,830
- 9. Physician Assistants 290 jobs · $128,050
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 210 jobs · $128,640
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $209,990
- 12. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $326,620
- 13. Dentists, General 160 jobs · $204,530
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 160 jobs · $122,670
- 15. Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 150 jobs · $120,000
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 110 jobs · $117,860
- 17. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 90 jobs · $131,180
- 18. Optometrists 70 jobs · $126,510
Occupations Tracked
443
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,180
employment-weighted, 438 complete rows
Top Salary
$369,980
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
91.6
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Lincoln, NE, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,340 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $131,150 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $120,430 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $217,780 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $149,590 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,670 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,440 |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | $123,830 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $128,050 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $128,640 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $209,990 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $326,620 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $204,530 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $122,670 |
| 15 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $120,000 |
| 16 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $117,860 |
| 17 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,180 |
| 18 | Optometrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $126,510 |
| 19 | Environmental Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $117,640 |
| 20 | Database Architects Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $119,760 |
| 21 | Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,750 |
| 22 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $365,830 |
| 23 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $208,180 |
| 24 | General Internal Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $369,980 |
| 25 | Nurse Anesthetists | $216,030 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lincoln, NE
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $28,080 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,080 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,080 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,080 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $28,080 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,150 |
| Funeral Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,510 |
| Telemarketers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $29,010 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,430 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in NE
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NE. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,180 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Lincoln, NE wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Lincoln, NE at $369,980/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,180 adjusts to about $67,896 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NE before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.