Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

General and Operations Managers publishes $78,420 here versus $105,770 nationally (-25.9%; 2,190metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $80,640 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.3%).

  1. General and Operations Managers$78,420 in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area sits 25.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,190 published local jobs).
  2. Registered Nurses$80,640 in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area sits 17.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,020 published local jobs).
  3. Cashiers$29,540 in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area sits 10.2% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,680 published local jobs).
  4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$53,140 in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area sits 9.4% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,110 published local jobs).

General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 3100003 · Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $55K mean

MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-LOW #344/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 320 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $336K
  • EMP-MIX Industrial P…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rapid City, SD
  • BOOK-FULL 313 rows · May 2025

Read with Rapid City, SD (+$11 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

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 Northeast Nebraska nonmetro…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KNortheast Nebraska n… · this MSA: $55KNortheast Nebraska n… · this…$55KRapid City, SD · near: $55KRapid City, SD · near$55KMacon-Bibb County, GA · near: $55KMacon-Bibb County, GA · near$55KNortheast Minnesota… · near: $55KNortheast Minnesota… · near$55KGainesville, GA · near: $55KGainesville, GA · near$55KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Northeast Nebraska n… · this MSA $55K
Rapid City, SD · near $55K
Macon-Bibb County, GA · near $55K
Northeast Minnesota… · near $55K
Gainesville, GA · near $55K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Industrial Production Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Industrial Production Managers 360 jobs · $106,520
  2. 2. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $126,080
  3. 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 340 jobs · $108,060
  4. 4. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 260 jobs · $103,340
  5. 5. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $132,360
  6. 6. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $131,460
  7. 7. Chief Executives 170 jobs · $163,570
  8. 8. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $122,510
  9. 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 140 jobs · $132,400
  10. 10. Managers, All Other 140 jobs · $99,470
  11. 11. Facilities Managers 120 jobs · $104,010
  12. 12. Administrative Services Managers 120 jobs · $102,450
  13. 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $135,460
  14. 14. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $135,620
  15. 15. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $336,380
  16. 16. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $114,730
  17. 17. Veterinarians 90 jobs · $102,950
  18. 18. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $122,850

Occupations Tracked

320

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$55,342

employment-weighted, 313 complete rows

Top Salary

$336,380

Family Medicine Physicians

Top-pay occupations in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, 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 Industrial Production Managers $106,520
2 Financial Managers $126,080
3 Medical and Health Services Managers $108,060
4 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $103,340
5 Pharmacists $132,360
6 Nurse Practitioners $131,460
7 Chief Executives $163,570
8 Sales Managers $122,510
9 Architectural and Engineering Managers $132,400
10 Managers, All Other $99,470
11 Facilities Managers $104,010
12 Administrative Services Managers $102,450
13 Computer and Information Systems Managers $135,460
14 Physician Assistants $135,620
15 Family Medicine Physicians $336,380
16 Human Resources Managers $114,730
17 Veterinarians $102,950
18 Electrical Engineers $122,850
19 Software Developers $99,930
20 Computer Systems Analysts $107,180
21 Dentists, General $149,450
22 Marketing Managers $101,320
23 Physicians, All Other $285,950
24 Optometrists $125,050
25 Purchasing Managers $106,600

Lowest Paying Jobs in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

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 ($55,342 here) and summed published employment.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 313 published occupation means with employment estimates is $55,342/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 320 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $134,228, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area is Family Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $336,380/year. The second highest is Physicians, All Other at $285,950/year.
What jobs pay the least in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area is Library Assistants, Clerical with a median salary of $28,080/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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