Lincoln, NE Salary Data - What Companies Pay Here

Median DOL Salary

$72,153

Total DOL Filings

2,860

Companies Hiring

552

Cost of Living Index

90.8

National avg = 100

Location vs National

Lincoln, NE$72,153

National Average$60,917

The weighted median salary in Lincoln, NE is 18.4% above the national average across all occupations.

Top Employers in Lincoln

Employer	Local Filings	Median Salary	Type
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	817	$60,000	Other
Wipro Limited	105	$72,301	Staffing
COOLSOFT LLC	92	$80,000	Other
NTT Data Inc	87	$91,021	Other
Transaction Applications Group, Inc.	65	$82,097	Other
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp	63	$95,000	Other
UNIVERSAL PURE COLD STORAGE, LLC	63	$29,120	Other
Celerion, Inc.	46	$58,000	Other
American Union Ventures INC. DBA Am. Recycling	46	$31,500	Other
D2Sol Inc.	45	$125,000	Other
Connvertex Technologies Inc	40	$79,000	Other
Computer Sciences Corporation	40	$74,027	Other
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	33	$84,698	Other
LI-COR, Inc.	33	$72,690	Other
Infosys Limited	32	$77,487	Staffing
Spreetail LLC	31	$105,000	Other
University of Nebraska - Lincoln	30	$65,000	Other
Dell Marketing LP	29	$90,272	Other
IBM Corporation	26	$96,595	Staffing
Lancaster County School District 0001	26	$50,133	Other
Tri-Con Industries Ltd.	25	$52,178	Other
Zoetis, Inc	24	$104,603	Other
SOHANIT INC	23	$76,600	Other
The Physician Network	19	$237,500	Other
Capgemini America Inc	19	$85,900	Staffing

Highest-Paying Occupations in Lincoln

Job Title	Median Salary	vs National	Filings
Art Directors	$201,500	+168.6%	5
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$145,000	+70.4%	51
Dentists, General	$125,000	-25.6%	7
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$94,931	-29.1%	10
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,000	+1.3%	7
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,000	-19.5%	18
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,000	-20.6%	12
Industrial Engineers	$81,321	-14.5%	16
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,000	N/A	10
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,000	-1.2%	7
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$74,000	-3.1%	18
Management Analysts	$70,710	-14.2%	12
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$69,930	+3.8%	6
Mechanical Engineers	$66,000	-20%	14
Operations Research Analysts	$65,700	-32.3%	12
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$65,049	-9.9%	6
Actuaries	$64,500	-35.7%	6
Medical and Health Services Managers	$62,500	-39.7%	5
Electrical Engineers	$62,400	-39.8%	10
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$61,500	-19.1%	16

BLS Wage Survey Data - Nebraska

Independent Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey - all workers, not just sponsored positions.

BLS metro-level data is not available for this area. Showing state-level data for Nebraska.

Occupation	BLS Median Wage	Employment
Nurse Anesthetists	$231,020	290
Psychiatrists	$229,240	N/A
Chief Executives	$206,080	2,790
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$196,390	160
Pediatricians, General	$186,680	410
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$178,620	740
Dentists, General	$168,110	740
Nuclear Engineers	$149,280	N/A
Psychologists, All Other	$137,990	50
Financial Managers	$134,410	5,480

Salary Trend in Lincoln, NE

Median DOL-filed salary by fiscal year

Cost of Living Comparison

Lincoln, NE has a cost of living index of 90.8, which is 9.2% less expensive than the national average. A salary of $100,000 here has the purchasing power equivalent of $110,132 in an average-cost city.

Top-Paying Occupations - COL-Adjusted

Job Title	Median Salary	COL-Adjusted Equivalent
Art Directors	$201,500	$221,916
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$145,000	$159,692
Dentists, General	$125,000	$137,665
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$94,931	$104,549
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,000	$96,916

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Salaries in Lincoln, NE