Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3100001 · Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #439/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 213 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dentists, Gene… · $176K
- EMP-MIX Electrical P…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Albany, GA
- BOOK-MOST 213 rows · May 2025
Read with Albany, GA ($67 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 Northwest Nebraska nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 190 jobs · $88,290
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $105,190
- 3. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $130,410
- 4. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 130 jobs · $104,870
- 5. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $132,490
- 6. Construction Managers 110 jobs · $99,530
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $135,200
- 8. Physical Therapists 70 jobs · $101,780
- 9. Civil Engineers 70 jobs · $95,090
- 10. Lawyers 70 jobs · $88,810
- 11. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $163,640
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $97,750
- 13. Sales Managers 60 jobs · $97,250
- 14. Dental Hygienists 60 jobs · $89,710
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $117,300
- 16. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $103,060
- 17. Managers, All Other 50 jobs · $99,000
- 18. Occupational Therapists 50 jobs · $94,190
Occupations Tracked
213
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,084
employment-weighted, 213 complete rows
Top Salary
$176,300
Dentists, General
Top-pay occupations in Northwest 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 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $88,290 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,190 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $130,410 |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $104,870 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $132,490 |
| 6 | Construction Managers | $99,530 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,200 |
| 8 | Physical Therapists | $101,780 |
| 9 | Civil Engineers | $95,090 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $88,810 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $163,640 |
| 12 | Industrial Production Managers | $97,750 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $97,250 |
| 14 | Dental Hygienists | $89,710 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $117,300 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $103,060 |
| 17 | Managers, All Other | $99,000 |
| 18 | Occupational Therapists | $94,190 |
| 19 | Administrative Services Managers | $91,040 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $176,300 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $128,700 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $119,030 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $99,050 |
| 24 | Project Management Specialists | $94,600 |
| 25 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $87,930 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Data Entry Keyers | $28,080 |
| Dishwashers | $28,080 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $28,080 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,080 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,400 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,510 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $28,560 |
| Bartenders | $28,610 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,760 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $29,300 |
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 ($52,084 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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