Comptroller Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Comptroller make in Nebraska?

As of June 01, 2026, the average salary for a Comptroller in Nebraska is $285,400 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $137.

However, a Comptroller's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $350,355
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $254,000 to $319,400
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $225,412

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Comptroller Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$319,400	$26,617	$6,142	$154
Average	$285,400	$23,783	$5,488	$137
25th Percentile	$254,000	$21,167	$4,885	$122

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Key Factors That Influence Comptroller Salaries

A Comptroller's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Comptroller Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Comptrollers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $335,400.
California: $334,100.
Massachusetts: $329,700.

District of Columbia $335,400 California $334,100 Massachusetts $329,700 Washington $328,400 New Jersey $328,300 Alaska $327,900 Connecticut $323,700 New York $322,000

Hawaii $316,600 Rhode Island $314,100 Maryland $312,300 Minnesota $310,000 Colorado $309,100 Illinois $308,800 Oregon $307,600 Delaware $306,800

New Hampshire $306,200 Virginia $305,000 Pennsylvania $301,500 Nevada $299,800 North Dakota $299,200 Michigan $298,300 Wisconsin $298,000 Vermont $297,300

Texas $295,500 Maine $295,300 Arizona $295,200 Ohio $294,900 Georgia $292,200 Indiana $290,800 Wyoming $290,500 Utah $290,100

Iowa $289,900 Kansas $288,400 Louisiana $288,000 North Carolina $287,900 Missouri $287,800 Florida $286,600 Montana $286,000 Nebraska $285,400

Kentucky $285,000 South Carolina $283,800 Tennessee $283,100 Idaho $282,800 New Mexico $280,600 Oklahoma $280,100 Alabama $278,300 South Dakota $275,300

Arkansas $273,700 West Virginia $272,800 Mississippi $270,100

Top Paying Cities for Comptrollers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Offutt A F B: $287,800
La Vista: $287,800
Adams: $282,700

Offutt A F B, NE $287,800 La Vista, NE $287,800 Adams, NE $282,700 Alexandria, NE $281,400 Alvo, NE $283,200 Auburn, NE $282,300 Avoca, NE $283,800 Barneston, NE $282,600

Beatrice, NE $282,400 Beaver Crossing, NE $282,300 Bee, NE $282,700 Belvidere, NE $281,300 Benedict, NE $281,800 Bennet, NE $282,700 Blue Springs, NE $281,700 Bradshaw, NE $281,700

Brock, NE $282,100 Brownville, NE $282,000 Bruning, NE $281,500 Burchard, NE $281,200 Burr, NE $282,900 Byron, NE $281,000 Carleton, NE $281,300 Chester, NE $281,200

Clatonia, NE $282,600 Cook, NE $282,900 Cordova, NE $282,200 Cortland, NE $282,600 Crab Orchard, NE $282,600 Crete, NE $282,600 Davenport, NE $281,300 Davey, NE $282,700

Dawson, NE $281,300 Daykin, NE $281,600 Denton, NE $282,700 Deshler, NE $281,600 De Witt, NE $282,200 Diller, NE $281,500 Dorchester, NE $282,400 Douglas, NE $282,800

Du Bois, NE $281,100 Dunbar, NE $283,400 Eagle, NE $282,800 Elk Creek, NE $281,700 Elmwood, NE $283,400 Endicott, NE $281,200 Exeter, NE $281,800 Fairbury, NE $281,800

Fairmont, NE $281,700 Falls City, NE $281,700 Filley, NE $282,200 Firth, NE $282,600 Friend, NE $282,200 Garland, NE $282,700 Geneva, NE $281,900 Gilead, NE $281,600

Goehner, NE $282,400 Grafton, NE $281,400 Greenwood, NE $283,300 Gresham, NE $281,900 Wilcox, NE $281,100 Alma, NE $281,200 Arapahoe, NE $281,100 Atlanta, NE $282,300

Axtell, NE $281,300 Ayr, NE $281,300 Beaver City, NE $280,800 Bertrand, NE $281,100 Bladen, NE $281,000 Bloomington, NE $280,800 Blue Hill, NE $281,300 Campbell, NE $281,100

Clay Center, NE $281,500 Deweese, NE $281,200 Edgar, NE $281,300 Edison, NE $280,700 Elwood, NE $281,100 Fairfield, NE $281,300 Franklin, NE $281,200 Funk, NE $281,100

Glenvil, NE $281,300 Guide Rock, NE $280,900 Hardy, NE $281,000 Harvard, NE $281,500 Heartwell, NE $281,100 Hendley, NE $280,800 Hildreth, NE $281,100 Holbrook, NE $280,800

Holdrege, NE $281,500 Holstein, NE $281,200 Inavale, NE $280,800 Inland, NE $281,300 Juniata, NE $281,600 Kenesaw, NE $281,400 Lawrence, NE $281,200 Loomis, NE $281,100

Minden, NE $281,400 Naponee, NE $280,900 Nelson, NE $281,200 Oak, NE $281,200 Orleans, NE $280,900 Oxford, NE $281,000 Ragan, NE $281,100 Red Cloud, NE $281,200

Republican City, NE $280,900 Riverton, NE $280,600 Roseland, NE $281,300 Ruskin, NE $281,200 Saronville, NE $281,300 Smithfield, NE $280,900 Stamford, NE $280,700 Superior, NE $281,400

Sutton, NE $281,700 Trumbull, NE $281,400 Upland, NE $281,000 Bellwood, NE $282,300 Mc Cook, NE $281,200 Bartley, NE $280,700 Benkelman, NE $280,600 Cambridge, NE $280,900

Champion, NE $281,100 Culbertson, NE $280,700 Curtis, NE $280,800 Danbury, NE $280,600 Enders, NE $280,400 Eustis, NE $280,900 Farnam, NE $280,600 Haigler, NE $280,600

Hayes Center, NE $280,400 Imperial, NE $281,100 Indianola, NE $280,800 Lebanon, NE $280,600 Max, NE $280,400 Maywood, NE $280,600 Moorefield, NE $280,500 Palisade, NE $280,600

Parks, NE $280,200 Stockville, NE $280,000 Stratton, NE $280,500 Trenton, NE $280,700 Wauneta, NE $280,600 Wilsonville, NE $280,500 North Platte, NE $281,400 Arnold, NE $280,700

Arthur, NE $279,800 Big Springs, NE $280,900 Brady, NE $280,700 Broadwater, NE $280,100 Brule, NE $280,900 Bushnell, NE $281,800 Chappell, NE $281,100 Cozad, NE $281,300

Dalton, NE $280,300 Dickens, NE $280,200 Dix, NE $280,800 Elsie, NE $280,300 Elsmere, NE $279,900 Gothenburg, NE $281,200 Grant, NE $281,100 Abie, NE $283,200

Arlington, NE $286,100 Ashland, NE $284,400 Bancroft, NE $281,300 Bellevue, NE $287,800 Bennington, NE $287,500 Blair, NE $286,600 Boys Town, NE $287,800 Bruno, NE $283,200

Cedar Bluffs, NE $284,100 Cedar Creek, NE $286,700 Ceresco, NE $282,900 Colon, NE $284,100 Craig, NE $282,300 Decatur, NE $281,400 Elkhorn, NE $287,200 Fort Calhoun, NE $287,500

Fremont, NE $285,200 Gretna, NE $286,300 Herman, NE $285,600 Homer, NE $275,800 Hooper, NE $284,600 Ithaca, NE $283,800 Kennard, NE $286,900 Linwood, NE $282,300

Louisville, NE $286,100 Lyons, NE $281,600 Macy, NE $278,800 Malmo, NE $283,600 Mead, NE $284,800 Memphis, NE $284,100 Hallam, NE $282,600 Hebron, NE $281,500

Henderson, NE $281,900 Hickman, NE $282,700 Hubbell, NE $281,000 Humboldt, NE $281,600 Jansen, NE $281,600 Johnson, NE $282,100 Julian, NE $282,700 Lewiston, NE $281,800

Liberty, NE $281,200 Lorton, NE $283,700 Mc Cool Junction, NE $282,000 Malcolm, NE $282,700 Manley, NE $284,900 Martell, NE $282,600 Milford, NE $282,600 Milligan, NE $281,700

Murdock, NE $284,000 Murray, NE $286,000 Nebraska City, NE $283,100 Nehawka, NE $285,000 Nemaha, NE $281,600 Odell, NE $281,500 Ohiowa, NE $281,500 Otoe, NE $283,700

Palmyra, NE $282,900 Panama, NE $282,700 Pawnee City, NE $281,400 Peru, NE $282,400 Pickrell, NE $282,500 Pleasant Dale, NE $282,600 Plymouth, NE $281,800 Raymond, NE $282,700

Reynolds, NE $281,100 Roca, NE $282,700 Rulo, NE $281,200 Salem, NE $281,000 Seward, NE $282,600 Shickley, NE $281,500 Shubert, NE $281,400 Sprague, NE $282,600

Staplehurst, NE $282,700 Steele City, NE $281,200 Steinauer, NE $281,500 Stella, NE $281,600 Sterling, NE $282,700 Strang, NE $281,300 Swanton, NE $282,200 Syracuse, NE $283,300

Table Rock, NE $281,700 Talmage, NE $282,300 Tecumseh, NE $282,300 Ong, NE $281,300 Tobias, NE $281,500 Unadilla, NE $283,100 Union, NE $285,200 Utica, NE $282,300

Verdon, NE $281,400 Virginia, NE $281,600 Waco, NE $281,900 Walton, NE $282,700 Waverly, NE $282,900 Weeping Water, NE $284,700 Western, NE $282,100 Wilber, NE $282,300

Wymore, NE $281,700 York, NE $282,300 Lincoln, NE $282,600 Nickerson, NE $285,300 Oakland, NE $282,200 Papillion, NE $287,800 Pender, NE $280,500 Plattsmouth, NE $286,800

Prague, NE $283,400 Rosalie, NE $279,800 St Columbans, NE $287,800 Scribner, NE $282,400 South Bend, NE $285,200 Springfield, NE $286,800 Tekamah, NE $283,700 Thurston, NE $277,600

Uehling, NE $283,200 Valley, NE $286,400 Valparaiso, NE $282,800 Wahoo, NE $283,600 Walthill, NE $278,100 Washington, NE $287,200 Waterloo, NE $286,600 Weston, NE $283,200

Winnebago, NE $276,600 Winslow, NE $284,800 Yutan, NE $285,500 Omaha, NE $287,900 Brainard, NE $282,900 Cedar Rapids, NE $281,500 Clarks, NE $281,600 Clarkson, NE $282,100

Creston, NE $282,200 David City, NE $282,900 Dodge, NE $282,200 Duncan, NE $282,600 Dwight, NE $282,800 Elgin, NE $281,700 Ericson, NE $281,000 Fullerton, NE $281,700

Genoa, NE $281,900 Howells, NE $282,100 Humphrey, NE $282,200 Leigh, NE $282,100 Lindsay, NE $282,000 Monroe, NE $281,900 Morse Bluff, NE $282,600 North Bend, NE $282,800

Osceola, NE $281,900 Petersburg, NE $281,600 Platte Center, NE $282,100 Polk, NE $281,800 Primrose, NE $281,400 Rising City, NE $282,100 Rogers, NE $282,100 Saint Edward, NE $281,800

Schuyler, NE $282,700 Shelby, NE $282,100 Silver Creek, NE $281,700 Snyder, NE $283,400 Spalding, NE $281,400 Stromsburg, NE $282,000 Surprise, NE $282,700 Ulysses, NE $282,700

Norfolk, NE $283,200 Allen, NE $277,300 Amelia, NE $280,600 Atkinson, NE $281,100 Bassett, NE $280,600 Battle Creek, NE $282,600 Beemer, NE $281,900 Belden, NE $281,000

Gurley, NE $280,700 Columbus, NE $282,800 Albion, NE $281,900 Ames, NE $284,300 Bartlett, NE $280,900 Belgrade, NE $281,400 Bloomfield, NE $281,700 Halsey, NE $280,300

Hershey, NE $280,700 Keystone, NE $280,100 Kimball, NE $281,600 Lemoyne, NE $280,400 Lewellen, NE $280,000 Lisco, NE $279,700 Lodgepole, NE $280,800 Madrid, NE $280,500

Maxwell, NE $280,600 Mullen, NE $279,800 Ogallala, NE $281,200 Oshkosh, NE $280,300 Paxton, NE $280,400 Potter, NE $280,600 Purdum, NE $280,100 Sidney, NE $281,700

Seneca, NE $280,000 Stapleton, NE $280,300 Sutherland, NE $280,600 Thedford, NE $280,100 Tryon, NE $279,900 Venango, NE $281,100 Wallace, NE $280,600 Wellfleet, NE $280,500

Willow Island, NE $281,100 Valentine, NE $280,400 Ainsworth, NE $280,900 Cody, NE $279,800 Crookston, NE $280,200 Johnstown, NE $280,100 Kilgore, NE $279,900 Long Pine, NE $280,800

Merriman, NE $279,600 Nenzel, NE $279,600 Sparks, NE $280,200 Wood Lake, NE $280,000 Alliance, NE $280,600 Angora, NE $279,700 Ashby, NE $279,400 Bayard, NE $280,600

Bingham, NE $279,400 Bridgeport, NE $280,600 Chadron, NE $280,500 Crawford, NE $280,600 Ellsworth, NE $279,400 Gering, NE $281,500 Gordon, NE $279,900 Harrisburg, NE $280,300

Harrison, NE $280,400 Hay Springs, NE $280,200 Hemingford, NE $280,300 Hyannis, NE $279,600 Lakeside, NE $279,400 Lyman, NE $281,200 Mcgrew, NE $281,900 Marsland, NE $279,600

Melbeta, NE $282,400 Minatare, NE $280,800 Mitchell, NE $281,200 Morrill, NE $281,500 Rushville, NE $280,200 Scottsbluff, NE $281,500 Whiteclay, NE $279,800 Whitman, NE $279,300

Whitney, NE $279,900 Verdigre, NE $281,400 Wakefield, NE $278,500 Waterbury, NE $276,500 Wausa, NE $281,900 Wayne, NE $281,200 West Point, NE $282,200 Winnetoon, NE $281,500

Winside, NE $281,500 Wisner, NE $281,700 Wynot, NE $280,500 Grand Island, NE $282,500 Alda, NE $281,900 Amherst, NE $281,100 Anselmo, NE $280,500 Ansley, NE $281,000

Arcadia, NE $281,000 Archer, NE $281,300 Ashton, NE $281,100 Aurora, NE $281,900 Boelus, NE $281,400 Brewster, NE $280,300 Broken Bow, NE $281,200 Burwell, NE $280,900

Cairo, NE $281,500 Bristow, NE $280,900 Brunswick, NE $281,600 Butte, NE $281,100 Carroll, NE $281,100 Center, NE $281,400 Chambers, NE $281,100 Clearwater, NE $281,600

Coleridge, NE $280,800 Concord, NE $278,100 Creighton, NE $281,900 Crofton, NE $281,700 Dakota City, NE $275,100 Dixon, NE $278,300 Emerson, NE $277,200 Emmet, NE $281,100

Ewing, NE $281,200 Fordyce, NE $281,500 Hadar, NE $283,100 Hartington, NE $281,100 Hoskins, NE $282,000 Hubbard, NE $275,900 Inman, NE $281,500 Jackson, NE $275,600

Laurel, NE $280,400 Lynch, NE $280,900 Mclean, NE $281,800 Madison, NE $282,400 Magnet, NE $282,300 Maskell, NE $281,200 Meadow Grove, NE $282,000 Mills, NE $280,200

Naper, NE $280,700 Neligh, NE $282,100 Newcastle, NE $278,200 Newman Grove, NE $282,000 Newport, NE $280,500 Niobrara, NE $281,500 Oakdale, NE $281,900 Oneill, NE $281,500

Orchard, NE $281,600 Osmond, NE $282,000 Page, NE $281,400 Pierce, NE $282,300 Pilger, NE $281,700 Plainview, NE $282,000 Ponca, NE $276,700 Randolph, NE $281,500

Royal, NE $281,500 Saint Helena, NE $281,100 South Sioux City, NE $274,800 Spencer, NE $281,000 Springview, NE $280,400 Stanton, NE $282,300 Stuart, NE $281,000 Tilden, NE $282,100

Callaway, NE $280,800 Central City, NE $281,900 Chapman, NE $281,600 Comstock, NE $280,800 Dannebrog, NE $281,500 Doniphan, NE $281,600 Dunning, NE $280,200 Eddyville, NE $280,600

Elba, NE $281,200 Elm Creek, NE $281,200 Elyria, NE $281,000 Farwell, NE $281,300 Gibbon, NE $281,500 Giltner, NE $281,500 Greeley, NE $281,200 Hampton, NE $281,600

Hazard, NE $281,000 Kearney, NE $282,000 Hordville, NE $281,700 Lexington, NE $281,600 Litchfield, NE $281,000 Loup City, NE $281,200 Marquette, NE $281,600 Mason City, NE $280,800

Merna, NE $280,900 Miller, NE $280,900 North Loup, NE $281,200 Oconto, NE $280,600 Odessa, NE $282,000 Ord, NE $281,400 Overton, NE $281,200 Palmer, NE $281,400

Phillips, NE $281,600 Pleasanton, NE $281,200 Ravenna, NE $281,300 Riverdale, NE $281,300 Rockville, NE $281,000 Saint Libory, NE $281,600 Saint Paul, NE $281,700 Sargent, NE $280,900

Scotia, NE $281,200 Shelton, NE $281,500 Sumner, NE $280,800 Taylor, NE $280,700 Westerville, NE $280,800 Wolbach, NE $281,200 Wood River, NE $281,400 Hastings, NE $282,200

Comptroller Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Comptroller salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $319,218. While startup companies pay approximate $269,963.

Comptroller Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$269,963
Growth Stage	51~500	$285,528
Established	501~5000	$308,266
Enterprise	5000+	$319,218

Comptroller Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Comptroller's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on June 01, 2026

$254,000

Average $285,400/year

$319,400

$21,167

Average $23,783/month

$26,617

$4,885

Average $5,488/week

$6,142

$122

Average $137/hour

$154

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$319,400	$26,617	$6,142	$154
Average	$285,400	$23,783	$5,488	$137
25th Percentile	$254,000	$21,167	$4,885	$122

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