Choke Setter Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Choke Setter make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Choke Setter in Nebraska is $41,847 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $55,894
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $40,916 to $49,200
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $40,067

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Choke Setter Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,200	$4,100	$946	$24
Average	$41,847	$3,487	$805	$20
25th Percentile	$40,916	$3,410	$787	$20

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Key Factors That Influence Choke Setter Salaries

A Choke Setter'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 Choke Setter 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 Choke Setters. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $49,181.
California: $48,994.
Massachusetts: $48,342.

District of Columbia $49,181 California $48,994 Massachusetts $48,342 Washington $48,164 New Jersey $48,146 Alaska $48,084 Connecticut $47,471 New York $47,222

Hawaii $46,427 Rhode Island $46,054 Maryland $45,801 Minnesota $45,454 Colorado $45,321 Illinois $45,277 Oregon $45,108 Delaware $44,983

New Hampshire $44,905 Virginia $44,730 Pennsylvania $44,219 Nevada $43,962 North Dakota $43,877 Michigan $43,744 Wisconsin $43,695 Vermont $43,598

Texas $43,327 Maine $43,309 Arizona $43,282 Ohio $43,251 Georgia $42,842 Indiana $42,638 Wyoming $42,598 Utah $42,536

Iowa $42,509 Kansas $42,296 Louisiana $42,234 North Carolina $42,212 Missouri $42,203 Florida $42,030 Montana $41,936 Nebraska $41,847

Kentucky $41,799 South Carolina $41,621 Tennessee $41,510 Idaho $41,465 New Mexico $41,141 Oklahoma $41,070 Alabama $40,808 South Dakota $40,368

Arkansas $40,128 West Virginia $40,000 Mississippi $39,613

Top Paying Cities for Choke Setters

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: $42,206
La Vista: $42,205
Adams: $41,448

Offutt A F B, NE $42,206 La Vista, NE $42,205 Adams, NE $41,448 Alexandria, NE $41,260 Alvo, NE $41,525 Auburn, NE $41,391 Avoca, NE $41,619 Barneston, NE $41,441

Beatrice, NE $41,410 Beaver Crossing, NE $41,401 Bee, NE $41,457 Belvidere, NE $41,244 Benedict, NE $41,318 Bennet, NE $41,454 Blue Springs, NE $41,310 Bradshaw, NE $41,302

Brock, NE $41,361 Brownville, NE $41,350 Bruning, NE $41,280 Burchard, NE $41,231 Burr, NE $41,484 Byron, NE $41,203 Carleton, NE $41,250 Chester, NE $41,234

Clatonia, NE $41,433 Cook, NE $41,489 Cordova, NE $41,387 Cortland, NE $41,438 Crab Orchard, NE $41,437 Crete, NE $41,439 Davenport, NE $41,251 Davey, NE $41,456

Dawson, NE $41,243 Daykin, NE $41,293 Denton, NE $41,449 Deshler, NE $41,289 De Witt, NE $41,387 Diller, NE $41,275 Dorchester, NE $41,405 Douglas, NE $41,466

Du Bois, NE $41,218 Dunbar, NE $41,563 Eagle, NE $41,477 Elk Creek, NE $41,311 Elmwood, NE $41,553 Endicott, NE $41,239 Exeter, NE $41,318 Fairbury, NE $41,321

Fairmont, NE $41,307 Falls City, NE $41,315 Filley, NE $41,375 Firth, NE $41,446 Friend, NE $41,388 Garland, NE $41,451 Geneva, NE $41,343 Gilead, NE $41,295

Goehner, NE $41,408 Grafton, NE $41,266 Greenwood, NE $41,544 Gresham, NE $41,335 Wilcox, NE $41,222 Alma, NE $41,236 Arapahoe, NE $41,218 Atlanta, NE $41,399

Axtell, NE $41,246 Ayr, NE $41,245 Beaver City, NE $41,181 Bertrand, NE $41,217 Bladen, NE $41,209 Bloomington, NE $41,178 Blue Hill, NE $41,253 Campbell, NE $41,214

Clay Center, NE $41,285 Deweese, NE $41,238 Edgar, NE $41,246 Edison, NE $41,164 Elwood, NE $41,218 Fairfield, NE $41,254 Franklin, NE $41,229 Funk, NE $41,217

Glenvil, NE $41,254 Guide Rock, NE $41,190 Hardy, NE $41,206 Harvard, NE $41,279 Heartwell, NE $41,222 Hendley, NE $41,170 Hildreth, NE $41,222 Holbrook, NE $41,173

Holdrege, NE $41,283 Holstein, NE $41,233 Inavale, NE $41,171 Inland, NE $41,257 Juniata, NE $41,293 Kenesaw, NE $41,267 Lawrence, NE $41,234 Loomis, NE $41,225

Minden, NE $41,267 Naponee, NE $41,187 Nelson, NE $41,235 Oak, NE $41,237 Orleans, NE $41,194 Oxford, NE $41,206 Ragan, NE $41,220 Red Cloud, NE $41,234

Republican City, NE $41,186 Riverton, NE $41,150 Roseland, NE $41,255 Ruskin, NE $41,229 Saronville, NE $41,254 Smithfield, NE $41,197 Stamford, NE $41,162 Superior, NE $41,260

Sutton, NE $41,301 Trumbull, NE $41,270 Upland, NE $41,201 Bellwood, NE $41,390 Mc Cook, NE $41,238 Bartley, NE $41,162 Benkelman, NE $41,150 Cambridge, NE $41,194

Champion, NE $41,214 Culbertson, NE $41,165 Curtis, NE $41,183 Danbury, NE $41,142 Enders, NE $41,114 Eustis, NE $41,187 Farnam, NE $41,147 Haigler, NE $41,154

Hayes Center, NE $41,122 Imperial, NE $41,222 Indianola, NE $41,178 Lebanon, NE $41,145 Max, NE $41,120 Maywood, NE $41,144 Moorefield, NE $41,129 Palisade, NE $41,150

Parks, NE $41,091 Stockville, NE $41,061 Stratton, NE $41,135 Trenton, NE $41,159 Wauneta, NE $41,146 Wilsonville, NE $41,135 North Platte, NE $41,270 Arnold, NE $41,156

Arthur, NE $41,028 Big Springs, NE $41,194 Brady, NE $41,169 Broadwater, NE $41,073 Brule, NE $41,184 Bushnell, NE $41,325 Chappell, NE $41,221 Cozad, NE $41,254

Dalton, NE $41,099 Dickens, NE $41,095 Dix, NE $41,174 Elsie, NE $41,109 Elsmere, NE $41,040 Gothenburg, NE $41,231 Grant, NE $41,224 Abie, NE $41,532

Arlington, NE $41,951 Ashland, NE $41,702 Bancroft, NE $41,250 Bellevue, NE $42,209 Bennington, NE $42,153 Blair, NE $42,032 Boys Town, NE $42,203 Bruno, NE $41,522

Cedar Bluffs, NE $41,667 Cedar Creek, NE $42,042 Ceresco, NE $41,486 Colon, NE $41,658 Craig, NE $41,397 Decatur, NE $41,270 Elkhorn, NE $42,118 Fort Calhoun, NE $42,161

Fremont, NE $41,829 Gretna, NE $41,976 Herman, NE $41,878 Homer, NE $40,436 Hooper, NE $41,735 Ithaca, NE $41,609 Kennard, NE $42,070 Linwood, NE $41,398

Louisville, NE $41,947 Lyons, NE $41,297 Macy, NE $40,888 Malmo, NE $41,581 Mead, NE $41,756 Memphis, NE $41,656 Hallam, NE $41,440 Hebron, NE $41,275

Henderson, NE $41,332 Hickman, NE $41,448 Hubbell, NE $41,209 Humboldt, NE $41,290 Jansen, NE $41,298 Johnson, NE $41,373 Julian, NE $41,460 Lewiston, NE $41,325

Liberty, NE $41,237 Lorton, NE $41,606 Mc Cool Junction, NE $41,348 Malcolm, NE $41,451 Manley, NE $41,785 Martell, NE $41,445 Milford, NE $41,441 Milligan, NE $41,306

Murdock, NE $41,653 Murray, NE $41,938 Nebraska City, NE $41,517 Nehawka, NE $41,797 Nemaha, NE $41,301 Odell, NE $41,276 Ohiowa, NE $41,281 Otoe, NE $41,597

Palmyra, NE $41,477 Panama, NE $41,453 Pawnee City, NE $41,270 Peru, NE $41,416 Pickrell, NE $41,432 Pleasant Dale, NE $41,447 Plymouth, NE $41,327 Raymond, NE $41,453

Reynolds, NE $41,215 Roca, NE $41,450 Rulo, NE $41,236 Salem, NE $41,212 Seward, NE $41,447 Shickley, NE $41,272 Shubert, NE $41,264 Sprague, NE $41,446

Staplehurst, NE $41,452 Steele City, NE $41,239 Steinauer, NE $41,280 Stella, NE $41,288 Sterling, NE $41,461 Strang, NE $41,255 Swanton, NE $41,378 Syracuse, NE $41,537

Table Rock, NE $41,301 Talmage, NE $41,398 Tecumseh, NE $41,396 Ong, NE $41,250 Tobias, NE $41,281 Unadilla, NE $41,508 Union, NE $41,818 Utica, NE $41,401

Verdon, NE $41,267 Virginia, NE $41,299 Waco, NE $41,331 Walton, NE $41,455 Waverly, NE $41,477 Weeping Water, NE $41,753 Western, NE $41,369 Wilber, NE $41,399

Wymore, NE $41,313 York, NE $41,399 Lincoln, NE $41,448 Nickerson, NE $41,836 Oakland, NE $41,387 Papillion, NE $42,198 Pender, NE $41,133 Plattsmouth, NE $42,062

Prague, NE $41,552 Rosalie, NE $41,031 St Columbans, NE $42,209 Scribner, NE $41,417 South Bend, NE $41,826 Springfield, NE $42,054 Tekamah, NE $41,595 Thurston, NE $40,712

Uehling, NE $41,522 Valley, NE $41,991 Valparaiso, NE $41,473 Wahoo, NE $41,589 Walthill, NE $40,781 Washington, NE $42,120 Waterloo, NE $42,022 Weston, NE $41,527

Winnebago, NE $40,558 Winslow, NE $41,767 Yutan, NE $41,869 Omaha, NE $42,212 Brainard, NE $41,490 Cedar Rapids, NE $41,276 Clarks, NE $41,299 Clarkson, NE $41,363

Creston, NE $41,376 David City, NE $41,491 Dodge, NE $41,381 Duncan, NE $41,433 Dwight, NE $41,469 Elgin, NE $41,310 Ericson, NE $41,211 Fullerton, NE $41,314

Genoa, NE $41,338 Howells, NE $41,367 Humphrey, NE $41,383 Leigh, NE $41,370 Lindsay, NE $41,353 Monroe, NE $41,345 Morse Bluff, NE $41,443 North Bend, NE $41,465

Osceola, NE $41,343 Petersburg, NE $41,301 Platte Center, NE $41,370 Polk, NE $41,317 Primrose, NE $41,268 Rising City, NE $41,361 Rogers, NE $41,371 Saint Edward, NE $41,330

Schuyler, NE $41,461 Shelby, NE $41,361 Silver Creek, NE $41,311 Snyder, NE $41,564 Spalding, NE $41,262 Stromsburg, NE $41,356 Surprise, NE $41,457 Ulysses, NE $41,459

Norfolk, NE $41,528 Allen, NE $40,670 Amelia, NE $41,143 Atkinson, NE $41,224 Bassett, NE $41,151 Battle Creek, NE $41,443 Beemer, NE $41,337 Belden, NE $41,200

Gurley, NE $41,158 Columbus, NE $41,465 Albion, NE $41,334 Ames, NE $41,693 Bartlett, NE $41,196 Belgrade, NE $41,265 Bloomfield, NE $41,302 Halsey, NE $41,102

Hershey, NE $41,167 Keystone, NE $41,079 Kimball, NE $41,289 Lemoyne, NE $41,110 Lewellen, NE $41,065 Lisco, NE $41,021 Lodgepole, NE $41,175 Madrid, NE $41,139

Maxwell, NE $41,149 Mullen, NE $41,027 Ogallala, NE $41,237 Oshkosh, NE $41,101 Paxton, NE $41,124 Potter, NE $41,141 Purdum, NE $41,080 Sidney, NE $41,310

Seneca, NE $41,058 Stapleton, NE $41,109 Sutherland, NE $41,143 Thedford, NE $41,077 Tryon, NE $41,045 Venango, NE $41,222 Wallace, NE $41,144 Wellfleet, NE $41,135

Willow Island, NE $41,226 Valentine, NE $41,120 Ainsworth, NE $41,186 Cody, NE $41,026 Crookston, NE $41,095 Johnstown, NE $41,078 Kilgore, NE $41,047 Long Pine, NE $41,177

Merriman, NE $40,998 Nenzel, NE $41,002 Sparks, NE $41,082 Wood Lake, NE $41,061 Alliance, NE $41,146 Angora, NE $41,018 Ashby, NE $40,975 Bayard, NE $41,147

Bingham, NE $40,971 Bridgeport, NE $41,141 Chadron, NE $41,132 Crawford, NE $41,148 Ellsworth, NE $40,965 Gering, NE $41,277 Gordon, NE $41,045 Harrisburg, NE $41,108

Harrison, NE $41,116 Hay Springs, NE $41,086 Hemingford, NE $41,099 Hyannis, NE $40,998 Lakeside, NE $40,972 Lyman, NE $41,235 Mcgrew, NE $41,337 Marsland, NE $41,005

Melbeta, NE $41,405 Minatare, NE $41,179 Mitchell, NE $41,233 Morrill, NE $41,285 Rushville, NE $41,090 Scottsbluff, NE $41,286 Whiteclay, NE $41,030 Whitman, NE $40,963

Whitney, NE $41,049 Verdigre, NE $41,266 Wakefield, NE $40,832 Waterbury, NE $40,539 Wausa, NE $41,333 Wayne, NE $41,228 West Point, NE $41,385 Winnetoon, NE $41,276

Winside, NE $41,281 Wisner, NE $41,303 Wynot, NE $41,129 Grand Island, NE $41,428 Alda, NE $41,338 Amherst, NE $41,216 Anselmo, NE $41,127 Ansley, NE $41,198

Arcadia, NE $41,199 Archer, NE $41,257 Ashton, NE $41,223 Aurora, NE $41,332 Boelus, NE $41,261 Brewster, NE $41,108 Broken Bow, NE $41,236 Burwell, NE $41,192

Cairo, NE $41,283 Bristow, NE $41,187 Brunswick, NE $41,300 Butte, NE $41,213 Carroll, NE $41,215 Center, NE $41,268 Chambers, NE $41,226 Clearwater, NE $41,297

Coleridge, NE $41,176 Concord, NE $40,785 Creighton, NE $41,333 Crofton, NE $41,313 Dakota City, NE $40,334 Dixon, NE $40,805 Emerson, NE $40,650 Emmet, NE $41,225

Ewing, NE $41,242 Fordyce, NE $41,273 Hadar, NE $41,516 Hartington, NE $41,217 Hoskins, NE $41,349 Hubbard, NE $40,458 Inman, NE $41,273 Jackson, NE $40,421

Laurel, NE $41,112 Lynch, NE $41,193 Mclean, NE $41,330 Madison, NE $41,417 Magnet, NE $41,398 Maskell, NE $41,229 Meadow Grove, NE $41,357 Mills, NE $41,082

Naper, NE $41,163 Neligh, NE $41,365 Newcastle, NE $40,794 Newman Grove, NE $41,359 Newport, NE $41,126 Niobrara, NE $41,284 Oakdale, NE $41,338 Oneill, NE $41,283

Orchard, NE $41,289 Osmond, NE $41,359 Page, NE $41,262 Pierce, NE $41,402 Pilger, NE $41,311 Plainview, NE $41,354 Ponca, NE $40,579 Randolph, NE $41,275

Royal, NE $41,274 Saint Helena, NE $41,220 South Sioux City, NE $40,297 Spencer, NE $41,209 Springview, NE $41,117 Stanton, NE $41,397 Stuart, NE $41,203 Tilden, NE $41,370

Callaway, NE $41,174 Central City, NE $41,343 Chapman, NE $41,287 Comstock, NE $41,177 Dannebrog, NE $41,276 Doniphan, NE $41,297 Dunning, NE $41,085 Eddyville, NE $41,154

Elba, NE $41,236 Elm Creek, NE $41,242 Elyria, NE $41,208 Farwell, NE $41,245 Gibbon, NE $41,277 Giltner, NE $41,274 Greeley, NE $41,238 Hampton, NE $41,299

Hazard, NE $41,206 Kearney, NE $41,360 Hordville, NE $41,301 Lexington, NE $41,292 Litchfield, NE $41,200 Loup City, NE $41,241 Marquette, NE $41,298 Mason City, NE $41,173

Merna, NE $41,194 Miller, NE $41,194 North Loup, NE $41,230 Oconto, NE $41,147 Odessa, NE $41,350 Ord, NE $41,259 Overton, NE $41,230 Palmer, NE $41,270

Phillips, NE $41,299 Pleasanton, NE $41,236 Ravenna, NE $41,253 Riverdale, NE $41,249 Rockville, NE $41,210 Saint Libory, NE $41,296 Saint Paul, NE $41,308 Sargent, NE $41,189

Scotia, NE $41,237 Shelton, NE $41,276 Sumner, NE $41,180 Taylor, NE $41,157 Westerville, NE $41,179 Wolbach, NE $41,241 Wood River, NE $41,269 Hastings, NE $41,388

Choke Setter Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Choke Setter salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $41,847. While startup companies pay approximate $41,847.

Choke Setter Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$41,847
Growth Stage	51~500	$41,847
Established	501~5000	$41,847
Enterprise	5000+	$41,847

Choke Setter Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Choke Setter'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 July 01, 2026

$40,916

Average $41,847/year

$49,200

$3,410

Average $3,487/month

$4,100

$787

Average $805/week

$946

$20

Average $20/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,200	$4,100	$946	$24
Average	$41,847	$3,487	$805	$20
25th Percentile	$40,916	$3,410	$787	$20

Choke Setter Salary Growth & Career Path

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For a Choke Setter, the most direct path to higher earnings is advancing to the Crater/Packer II role. This promotion typically comes with a significant pay increase, bringing the average annual salary to $37,195 - a projected growth of -11% over your current level.

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