Omaha, NE-IA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Omaha, NE-IA moved from $48,720 in May 2024 to $49,660 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Omaha, NE-IA sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Omaha, NE-IA
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists publishes $62,280 here versus $78,760 nationally (-20.9%; 2,160metro-area jobs). Next is Human Resources Specialists at $61,840 locally versus $75,940 nationally (-18.6%).
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$62,280 in Omaha, NE-IA sits 20.9% below the national Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists median of $78,760 (2,160 published local jobs).
- Human Resources Specialists$61,840 in Omaha, NE-IA sits 18.6% below the national Human Resources Specialists median of $75,940 (4,330 published local jobs).
- Lawyers$131,730 in Omaha, NE-IA sits 17.5% below the national Lawyers median of $159,670 (2,010 published local jobs).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$45,970 in Omaha, NE-IA sits 17.4% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (3,870 published local jobs).
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Omaha, NE-IA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36540 · Omaha, NE-IA $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #110/528
- RPP-LOW 91.9
- OCC-MOST 565 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $598K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Walla Walla, WA
- BOOK-FULL 549 rows · May 2025
Read with Walla Walla, WA ($80 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 Omaha, NE-IA
Where Omaha, NE-IA already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Omaha, NE-IA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 3,120 jobs · $140,390
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,970 jobs · $145,500
- 3. Pharmacists 1,350 jobs · $141,830
- 4. Chief Executives 1,330 jobs · $228,220
- 5. Physicians, All Other 870 jobs · $290,460
- 6. General Internal Medicine Physicians 740 jobs · $185,110
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 720 jobs · $148,930
- 8. Database Architects 490 jobs · $136,620
- 9. Dentists, General 440 jobs · $187,400
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 410 jobs · $200,860
- 11. Nurse Anesthetists 230 jobs · $271,680
- 12. Emergency Medicine Physicians 200 jobs · $306,350
- 13. Anesthesiologists 180 jobs · $343,730
- 14. Dentists, All Other Specialists 150 jobs · $224,990
- 15. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 140 jobs · $342,570
- 16. Surgeons, All Other 140 jobs · $204,930
- 17. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric 130 jobs · $534,820
- 18. Cardiologists 110 jobs · $598,480
Occupations Tracked
565
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,511
employment-weighted, 549 complete rows
Top Salary
$598,480
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
91.9
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Omaha, NE-IA, 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 | Financial Managers | $140,390 |
| 2 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $145,500 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $141,830 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $228,220 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $290,460 |
| 6 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $185,110 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $148,930 |
| 8 | Database Architects | $136,620 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $187,400 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $200,860 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $271,680 |
| 12 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $306,350 |
| 13 | Anesthesiologists | $343,730 |
| 14 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $224,990 |
| 15 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $342,570 |
| 16 | Surgeons, All Other | $204,930 |
| 17 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $534,820 |
| 18 | Cardiologists | $598,480 |
| 19 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $208,180 |
| 20 | Physicians, Pathologists | $214,920 |
| 21 | Neurologists | $316,840 |
| 22 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $136,600 |
| 23 | Dermatologists | $393,150 |
| 24 | Aerospace Engineers | $171,380 |
| 25 | Nurse Midwives | $138,880 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Omaha, NE-IA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $28,080 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,500 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,760 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,300 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,450 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,500 |
| Funeral Attendants | $29,510 |
| Telemarketers | $29,800 |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $30,610 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $31,000 |
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 ($64,511 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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