Highest Paying Jobs in Nebraska

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Occupation Median

$646,300

Cardiologists

Mean of Top 25 Medians

$254,364

each occupation weighted once

Medians ≥ $100K

occupations

Occupations

100

with wage data

This ranking is drawn from the BLS OEWS May 2025 release for Nebraska. The top occupation's state median is +30% above the national median of $496,010 for the same role. The equal-weighted mean of the top ten published occupation medians is $371,019. It is not a worker mean or median.

The "Difference" column subtracts or compares each state median with the corresponding national median for the same SOC code. In this list, 28 of 100 occupation medians are above the corresponding national median in Nebraska. These values do not identify why the state and national estimates differ.

This ranking orders published occupation medians; it does not identify career stages, individual earning potential, or the odds of obtaining a job. The employment column contains estimated jobs in covered establishments. Occupation profiles separately show BLS projection and typical-entry education assignments where available. OEWS includes tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. Employer benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, and nonproduction bonuses are outside the estimate, so review those separately for any specific offer. Open a linked profile to compare percentile boundaries, BLS education assignments, local-area estimates, and projected openings without treating one measure as a personal forecast.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Estimated Jobs
1	Cardiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$646,300	$496,010	+30% above	170
2	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$507,770	$358,550	+42% above	200
3	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$371,880	$335,550	+11% above	390
4	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$359,580	$328,730	+9% above	N/A
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$342,570	$292,910	+17% above	180
6	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$341,410	$414,010	18% below	180
7	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$334,210	$391,490	15% below	260
8	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$290,470	$265,930	+9% above	1,170
9	Neurologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$269,270	$248,560	+8% above	80
10	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$246,730	$236,590	+4% above	430
11	Physicians, Pathologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$229,140	$312,400	27% below	90
12	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$228,590	$244,180	6% below	830
13	Dentists, All Other Specialists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$224,990	$224,990	same as	N/A
14	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$221,360	$256,560	14% below	900
15	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$214,680	$213,990	same as	2,510
16	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$208,180	$153,990	+35% above	160
17	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$179,750	$170,950	+5% above	790
18	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$175,990	$210,040	16% below	290
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$141,020	$171,270	18% below	1,510
20	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$140,360	$166,570	16% below	5,630
21	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$139,330	$140,910	1% below	2,450
22	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$138,880	$134,040	+4% above	N/A
23	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$135,780	$175,140	22% below	5,070
24	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$135,670	$134,960	+1% above	130
25	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$135,180	$281,870	52% below	180
26	Computer Hardware Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$134,950	$161,740	17% below	80
27	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$134,320	$139,500	4% below	610
28	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$133,040	$135,880	2% below	1,330
29	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,130	$132,300	same as	2,340
30	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$131,650	$232,140	43% below	60
31	Psychologists, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$131,640	$110,840	+19% above	50
32	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$130,980	$123,920	+6% above	90
33	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$129,460	$149,280	13% below	1,660
34	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$127,690	$128,500	1% below	100
35	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$126,990	$148,270	14% below	3,000
36	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$125,040	$136,570	8% below	340
37	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$124,010	$148,080	16% below	440
38	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$121,630	$149,230	18% below	140
39	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$120,620	$167,220	28% below	550
40	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$120,620	$107,110	+13% above	270
41	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$117,690	$109,910	+7% above	140
42	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). Legal Occupations	$117,060	$117,860	1% below	30
43	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$116,430	$141,900	18% below	2,640
44	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$116,420	$134,050	13% below	1,350
45	Air Traffic Controllers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$111,710	$148,080	25% below	70
46	Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Management Occupations	$111,460	$89,900	+24% above	200
47	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$110,900	$135,980	18% below	7,260
48	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$110,580	$105,870	+4% above	1,860
49	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$110,570	$166,790	34% below	1,910
50	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$109,170	$159,670	32% below	3,490
51	Nuclear Power Reactor Operators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). Production Occupations	$108,650	$122,890	12% below	50
52	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$107,700	$123,860	13% below	3,770
53	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$107,260	$120,630	11% below	1,060
54	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$107,200	$126,060	15% below	2,160
55	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$106,380	$133,660	20% below	160
56	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$106,100	$106,040	same as	730
57	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$105,720	$114,130	7% below	2,600
58	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$105,710	$133,000	21% below	440
59	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$104,850	$103,020	+2% above	60
60	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$104,780	$123,220	15% below	290
61	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$104,440	$146,910	29% below	330
62	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$104,420	$101,110	+3% above	120
63	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$104,320	$101,370	+3% above	120
64	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,500	$130,100	20% below	780
65	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,230	$115,160	10% below	90
66	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,150	$100,840	+2% above	2,360
67	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$102,790	$130,000	21% below	270
68	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$102,150	$106,660	4% below	1,430
69	Physical Scientists, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$101,440	$122,570	17% below	40
70	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$100,820	$114,990	12% below	3,430
71	Petroleum Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$100,800	$144,910	30% below	150
72	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$100,530	$93,790	+7% above	290
73	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,020	$104,620	4% below	610
74	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,670	$105,310	6% below	120
75	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$98,570	$106,730	8% below	240
76	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$98,460	$100,310	2% below	70
77	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$98,310	$125,040	21% below	130
78	Operations Research Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,300	$88,940	+11% above	330
79	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$98,270	$112,860	13% below	160
80	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,230	$120,230	18% below	1,980
81	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$98,210	$102,040	4% below	360
82	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$98,170	$102,440	4% below	1,160
83	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,010	$104,300	6% below	1,240
84	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$97,640	$98,700	1% below	250
85	Audiologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,460	$95,780	+2% above	90
86	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$97,380	$107,230	9% below	1,420
87	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$97,230	$125,470	23% below	400
88	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,090	$102,760	6% below	2,140
89	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$96,030	$104,590	8% below	1,560
90	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$95,860	$109,270	12% below	390
91	Computer Programmers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$95,150	$100,390	5% below	1,090
92	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$94,540	$100,580	6% below	770
93	Anthropologists and Archeologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$94,520	$70,770	+34% above	40
94	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$94,360	$96,980	3% below	260
95	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$94,280	$117,330	20% below	250
96	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$94,040	$96,660	3% below	150
97	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$93,740	$100,330	7% below	1,500
98	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$93,280	$105,070	11% below	2,210
99	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$92,580	$98,100	6% below	1,280
100	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$92,550	$129,180	28% below	1,210

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 3.9% under 100 workers against 2.3% at 100 or more (May 2025 state estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Nebraska. The "Difference" column shows how Nebraska pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

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