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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Omaha, NE-IA wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Omaha, NE-IA at $598,480/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,511 adjusts to about $70,189 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.9. 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.