Painter/Illustrator Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Painter/Illustrator make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Painter/Illustrator in Nebraska is $45,585 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $63,733
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $37,982 to $55,084
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $31,060

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Painter/Illustrator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$55,084	$4,590	$1,059	$26
Average	$45,585	$3,799	$877	$22
25th Percentile	$37,982	$3,165	$730	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Painter/Illustrator Salaries

A Painter/Illustrator'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 Painter/Illustrator 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 Painter/Illustrators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $53,573.
California: $53,370.
Massachusetts: $52,659.

District of Columbia $53,573 California $53,370 Massachusetts $52,659 Washington $52,465 New Jersey $52,446 Alaska $52,378 Connecticut $51,711 New York $51,440

Hawaii $50,573 Rhode Island $50,167 Maryland $49,891 Minnesota $49,514 Colorado $49,369 Illinois $49,320 Oregon $49,136 Delaware $49,001

New Hampshire $48,916 Virginia $48,725 Pennsylvania $48,169 Nevada $47,888 North Dakota $47,796 Michigan $47,651 Wisconsin $47,598 Vermont $47,491

Texas $47,196 Maine $47,177 Arizona $47,148 Ohio $47,114 Georgia $46,669 Indiana $46,446 Wyoming $46,403 Utah $46,335

Iowa $46,306 Kansas $46,074 Louisiana $46,006 North Carolina $45,982 Missouri $45,972 Florida $45,783 Montana $45,682 Nebraska $45,585

Kentucky $45,532 South Carolina $45,338 Tennessee $45,217 Idaho $45,169 New Mexico $44,815 Oklahoma $44,738 Alabama $44,453 South Dakota $43,974

Arkansas $43,712 West Virginia $43,572 Mississippi $43,151

Top Paying Cities for Painter/Illustrators

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: $45,975
La Vista: $45,975
Adams: $45,150

Offutt A F B, NE $45,975 La Vista, NE $45,975 Adams, NE $45,150 Alexandria, NE $44,945 Alvo, NE $45,234 Auburn, NE $45,088 Avoca, NE $45,336 Barneston, NE $45,142

Beatrice, NE $45,109 Beaver Crossing, NE $45,099 Bee, NE $45,160 Belvidere, NE $44,928 Benedict, NE $45,008 Bennet, NE $45,157 Blue Springs, NE $45,000 Bradshaw, NE $44,991

Brock, NE $45,055 Brownville, NE $45,043 Bruning, NE $44,967 Burchard, NE $44,914 Burr, NE $45,190 Byron, NE $44,883 Carleton, NE $44,934 Chester, NE $44,916

Clatonia, NE $45,134 Cook, NE $45,194 Cordova, NE $45,084 Cortland, NE $45,139 Crab Orchard, NE $45,137 Crete, NE $45,140 Davenport, NE $44,935 Davey, NE $45,158

Dawson, NE $44,927 Daykin, NE $44,981 Denton, NE $45,150 Deshler, NE $44,977 De Witt, NE $45,083 Diller, NE $44,962 Dorchester, NE $45,103 Douglas, NE $45,170

Du Bois, NE $44,900 Dunbar, NE $45,275 Eagle, NE $45,181 Elk Creek, NE $45,000 Elmwood, NE $45,264 Endicott, NE $44,922 Exeter, NE $45,009 Fairbury, NE $45,011

Fairmont, NE $44,996 Falls City, NE $45,005 Filley, NE $45,070 Firth, NE $45,147 Friend, NE $45,085 Garland, NE $45,153 Geneva, NE $45,035 Gilead, NE $44,983

Goehner, NE $45,106 Grafton, NE $44,951 Greenwood, NE $45,255 Gresham, NE $45,027 Wilcox, NE $44,904 Alma, NE $44,919 Arapahoe, NE $44,900 Atlanta, NE $45,096

Axtell, NE $44,930 Ayr, NE $44,929 Beaver City, NE $44,859 Bertrand, NE $44,898 Bladen, NE $44,889 Bloomington, NE $44,855 Blue Hill, NE $44,937 Campbell, NE $44,894

Clay Center, NE $44,972 Deweese, NE $44,920 Edgar, NE $44,930 Edison, NE $44,840 Elwood, NE $44,900 Fairfield, NE $44,939 Franklin, NE $44,911 Funk, NE $44,898

Glenvil, NE $44,938 Guide Rock, NE $44,869 Hardy, NE $44,886 Harvard, NE $44,965 Heartwell, NE $44,904 Hendley, NE $44,847 Hildreth, NE $44,904 Holbrook, NE $44,850

Holdrege, NE $44,970 Holstein, NE $44,915 Inavale, NE $44,848 Inland, NE $44,941 Juniata, NE $44,981 Kenesaw, NE $44,952 Lawrence, NE $44,917 Loomis, NE $44,907

Minden, NE $44,953 Naponee, NE $44,865 Nelson, NE $44,918 Oak, NE $44,920 Orleans, NE $44,873 Oxford, NE $44,887 Ragan, NE $44,901 Red Cloud, NE $44,917

Republican City, NE $44,864 Riverton, NE $44,825 Roseland, NE $44,940 Ruskin, NE $44,911 Saronville, NE $44,938 Smithfield, NE $44,876 Stamford, NE $44,838 Superior, NE $44,945

Sutton, NE $44,990 Trumbull, NE $44,955 Upland, NE $44,880 Bellwood, NE $45,086 Mc Cook, NE $44,920 Bartley, NE $44,838 Benkelman, NE $44,826 Cambridge, NE $44,873

Champion, NE $44,895 Culbertson, NE $44,841 Curtis, NE $44,861 Danbury, NE $44,816 Enders, NE $44,786 Eustis, NE $44,865 Farnam, NE $44,822 Haigler, NE $44,830

Hayes Center, NE $44,794 Imperial, NE $44,904 Indianola, NE $44,856 Lebanon, NE $44,820 Max, NE $44,792 Maywood, NE $44,819 Moorefield, NE $44,802 Palisade, NE $44,826

Parks, NE $44,761 Stockville, NE $44,728 Stratton, NE $44,809 Trenton, NE $44,835 Wauneta, NE $44,820 Wilsonville, NE $44,809 North Platte, NE $44,955 Arnold, NE $44,832

Arthur, NE $44,693 Big Springs, NE $44,873 Brady, NE $44,845 Broadwater, NE $44,741 Brule, NE $44,862 Bushnell, NE $45,016 Chappell, NE $44,903 Cozad, NE $44,938

Dalton, NE $44,770 Dickens, NE $44,765 Dix, NE $44,851 Elsie, NE $44,781 Elsmere, NE $44,706 Gothenburg, NE $44,914 Grant, NE $44,905 Abie, NE $45,241

Arlington, NE $45,698 Ashland, NE $45,427 Bancroft, NE $44,934 Bellevue, NE $45,978 Bennington, NE $45,918 Blair, NE $45,786 Boys Town, NE $45,972 Bruno, NE $45,231

Cedar Bluffs, NE $45,388 Cedar Creek, NE $45,797 Ceresco, NE $45,191 Colon, NE $45,378 Craig, NE $45,095 Decatur, NE $44,956 Elkhorn, NE $45,880 Fort Calhoun, NE $45,927

Fremont, NE $45,565 Gretna, NE $45,725 Herman, NE $45,618 Homer, NE $44,048 Hooper, NE $45,462 Ithaca, NE $45,325 Kennard, NE $45,828 Linwood, NE $45,095

Louisville, NE $45,694 Lyons, NE $44,985 Macy, NE $44,540 Malmo, NE $45,295 Mead, NE $45,485 Memphis, NE $45,377 Hallam, NE $45,141 Hebron, NE $44,962

Henderson, NE $45,024 Hickman, NE $45,150 Hubbell, NE $44,890 Humboldt, NE $44,978 Jansen, NE $44,986 Johnson, NE $45,069 Julian, NE $45,162 Lewiston, NE $45,015

Liberty, NE $44,920 Lorton, NE $45,322 Mc Cool Junction, NE $45,041 Malcolm, NE $45,153 Manley, NE $45,517 Martell, NE $45,147 Milford, NE $45,142 Milligan, NE $44,995

Murdock, NE $45,373 Murray, NE $45,684 Nebraska City, NE $45,225 Nehawka, NE $45,530 Nemaha, NE $44,990 Odell, NE $44,962 Ohiowa, NE $44,968 Otoe, NE $45,312

Palmyra, NE $45,182 Panama, NE $45,156 Pawnee City, NE $44,955 Peru, NE $45,115 Pickrell, NE $45,132 Pleasant Dale, NE $45,148 Plymouth, NE $45,018 Raymond, NE $45,156

Reynolds, NE $44,896 Roca, NE $45,152 Rulo, NE $44,919 Salem, NE $44,892 Seward, NE $45,148 Shickley, NE $44,958 Shubert, NE $44,950 Sprague, NE $45,147

Staplehurst, NE $45,154 Steele City, NE $44,922 Steinauer, NE $44,966 Stella, NE $44,976 Sterling, NE $45,164 Strang, NE $44,940 Swanton, NE $45,073 Syracuse, NE $45,247

Table Rock, NE $44,990 Talmage, NE $45,096 Tecumseh, NE $45,093 Ong, NE $44,934 Tobias, NE $44,968 Unadilla, NE $45,215 Union, NE $45,553 Utica, NE $45,098

Verdon, NE $44,953 Virginia, NE $44,987 Waco, NE $45,023 Walton, NE $45,158 Waverly, NE $45,182 Weeping Water, NE $45,482 Western, NE $45,064 Wilber, NE $45,096

Wymore, NE $45,003 York, NE $45,096 Lincoln, NE $45,149 Nickerson, NE $45,573 Oakland, NE $45,083 Papillion, NE $45,967 Pender, NE $44,807 Plattsmouth, NE $45,819

Prague, NE $45,263 Rosalie, NE $44,695 St Columbans, NE $45,978 Scribner, NE $45,116 South Bend, NE $45,561 Springfield, NE $45,809 Tekamah, NE $45,310 Thurston, NE $44,348

Uehling, NE $45,231 Valley, NE $45,741 Valparaiso, NE $45,177 Wahoo, NE $45,303 Walthill, NE $44,423 Washington, NE $45,882 Waterloo, NE $45,774 Weston, NE $45,236

Winnebago, NE $44,180 Winslow, NE $45,497 Yutan, NE $45,609 Omaha, NE $45,982 Brainard, NE $45,196 Cedar Rapids, NE $44,962 Clarks, NE $44,988 Clarkson, NE $45,057

Creston, NE $45,071 David City, NE $45,197 Dodge, NE $45,077 Duncan, NE $45,134 Dwight, NE $45,173 Elgin, NE $45,000 Ericson, NE $44,891 Fullerton, NE $45,004

Genoa, NE $45,030 Howells, NE $45,062 Humphrey, NE $45,079 Leigh, NE $45,065 Lindsay, NE $45,046 Monroe, NE $45,037 Morse Bluff, NE $45,145 North Bend, NE $45,168

Osceola, NE $45,035 Petersburg, NE $44,989 Platte Center, NE $45,065 Polk, NE $45,007 Primrose, NE $44,953 Rising City, NE $45,055 Rogers, NE $45,066 Saint Edward, NE $45,021

Schuyler, NE $45,163 Shelby, NE $45,055 Silver Creek, NE $45,000 Snyder, NE $45,276 Spalding, NE $44,947 Stromsburg, NE $45,049 Surprise, NE $45,160 Ulysses, NE $45,162

Norfolk, NE $45,237 Allen, NE $44,302 Amelia, NE $44,817 Atkinson, NE $44,906 Bassett, NE $44,827 Battle Creek, NE $45,145 Beemer, NE $45,029 Belden, NE $44,880

Gurley, NE $44,834 Columbus, NE $45,169 Albion, NE $45,026 Ames, NE $45,417 Bartlett, NE $44,875 Belgrade, NE $44,950 Bloomfield, NE $44,991 Halsey, NE $44,773

Hershey, NE $44,844 Keystone, NE $44,748 Kimball, NE $44,977 Lemoyne, NE $44,782 Lewellen, NE $44,733 Lisco, NE $44,684 Lodgepole, NE $44,853 Madrid, NE $44,814

Maxwell, NE $44,824 Mullen, NE $44,691 Ogallala, NE $44,920 Oshkosh, NE $44,771 Paxton, NE $44,797 Potter, NE $44,815 Purdum, NE $44,749 Sidney, NE $44,999

Seneca, NE $44,725 Stapleton, NE $44,781 Sutherland, NE $44,817 Thedford, NE $44,745 Tryon, NE $44,711 Venango, NE $44,904 Wallace, NE $44,818 Wellfleet, NE $44,809

Willow Island, NE $44,908 Valentine, NE $44,793 Ainsworth, NE $44,864 Cody, NE $44,690 Crookston, NE $44,766 Johnstown, NE $44,746 Kilgore, NE $44,713 Long Pine, NE $44,854

Merriman, NE $44,659 Nenzel, NE $44,664 Sparks, NE $44,751 Wood Lake, NE $44,728 Alliance, NE $44,821 Angora, NE $44,681 Ashby, NE $44,635 Bayard, NE $44,822

Bingham, NE $44,631 Bridgeport, NE $44,815 Chadron, NE $44,805 Crawford, NE $44,823 Ellsworth, NE $44,624 Gering, NE $44,963 Gordon, NE $44,710 Harrisburg, NE $44,779

Harrison, NE $44,788 Hay Springs, NE $44,755 Hemingford, NE $44,770 Hyannis, NE $44,660 Lakeside, NE $44,631 Lyman, NE $44,918 Mcgrew, NE $45,029 Marsland, NE $44,667

Melbeta, NE $45,102 Minatare, NE $44,857 Mitchell, NE $44,916 Morrill, NE $44,972 Rushville, NE $44,760 Scottsbluff, NE $44,973 Whiteclay, NE $44,695 Whitman, NE $44,621

Whitney, NE $44,715 Verdigre, NE $44,951 Wakefield, NE $44,479 Waterbury, NE $44,159 Wausa, NE $45,025 Wayne, NE $44,910 West Point, NE $45,081 Winnetoon, NE $44,963

Winside, NE $44,967 Wisner, NE $44,992 Wynot, NE $44,802 Grand Island, NE $45,128 Alda, NE $45,030 Amherst, NE $44,897 Anselmo, NE $44,800 Ansley, NE $44,878

Arcadia, NE $44,878 Archer, NE $44,941 Ashton, NE $44,905 Aurora, NE $45,024 Boelus, NE $44,946 Brewster, NE $44,779 Broken Bow, NE $44,919 Burwell, NE $44,871

Cairo, NE $44,970 Bristow, NE $44,865 Brunswick, NE $44,989 Butte, NE $44,894 Carroll, NE $44,896 Center, NE $44,954 Chambers, NE $44,908 Clearwater, NE $44,985

Coleridge, NE $44,853 Concord, NE $44,427 Creighton, NE $45,025 Crofton, NE $45,003 Dakota City, NE $43,937 Dixon, NE $44,449 Emerson, NE $44,280 Emmet, NE $44,906

Ewing, NE $44,925 Fordyce, NE $44,959 Hadar, NE $45,224 Hartington, NE $44,898 Hoskins, NE $45,042 Hubbard, NE $44,072 Inman, NE $44,959 Jackson, NE $44,031

Laurel, NE $44,784 Lynch, NE $44,872 Mclean, NE $45,022 Madison, NE $45,116 Magnet, NE $45,095 Maskell, NE $44,911 Meadow Grove, NE $45,050 Mills, NE $44,751

Naper, NE $44,839 Neligh, NE $45,059 Newcastle, NE $44,438 Newman Grove, NE $45,053 Newport, NE $44,799 Niobrara, NE $44,971 Oakdale, NE $45,030 Oneill, NE $44,970

Orchard, NE $44,976 Osmond, NE $45,053 Page, NE $44,947 Pierce, NE $45,100 Pilger, NE $45,001 Plainview, NE $45,047 Ponca, NE $44,203 Randolph, NE $44,962

Royal, NE $44,960 Saint Helena, NE $44,901 South Sioux City, NE $43,896 Spencer, NE $44,890 Springview, NE $44,789 Stanton, NE $45,095 Stuart, NE $44,883 Tilden, NE $45,065

Callaway, NE $44,852 Central City, NE $45,035 Chapman, NE $44,974 Comstock, NE $44,854 Dannebrog, NE $44,962 Doniphan, NE $44,985 Dunning, NE $44,755 Eddyville, NE $44,829

Elba, NE $44,919 Elm Creek, NE $44,926 Elyria, NE $44,889 Farwell, NE $44,928 Gibbon, NE $44,964 Giltner, NE $44,960 Greeley, NE $44,921 Hampton, NE $44,988

Hazard, NE $44,886 Kearney, NE $45,054 Hordville, NE $44,990 Lexington, NE $44,980 Litchfield, NE $44,879 Loup City, NE $44,924 Marquette, NE $44,987 Mason City, NE $44,850

Merna, NE $44,873 Miller, NE $44,873 North Loup, NE $44,912 Oconto, NE $44,822 Odessa, NE $45,043 Ord, NE $44,944 Overton, NE $44,912 Palmer, NE $44,956

Phillips, NE $44,988 Pleasanton, NE $44,919 Ravenna, NE $44,937 Riverdale, NE $44,933 Rockville, NE $44,891 Saint Libory, NE $44,984 Saint Paul, NE $44,997 Sargent, NE $44,868

Scotia, NE $44,920 Shelton, NE $44,963 Sumner, NE $44,858 Taylor, NE $44,832 Westerville, NE $44,857 Wolbach, NE $44,924 Wood River, NE $44,954 Hastings, NE $45,085

Painter/Illustrator Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Painter/Illustrator salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $45,585. While startup companies pay approximate $45,585.

Painter/Illustrator Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$45,585
Growth Stage	51~500	$45,585
Established	501~5000	$45,585
Enterprise	5000+	$45,585

Painter/Illustrator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Painter/Illustrator'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

$37,982

Average $45,585/year

$55,084

$3,165

Average $3,799/month

$4,590

$730

Average $877/week

$1,059

$18

Average $22/hour

$26

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$55,084	$4,590	$1,059	$26
Average	$45,585	$3,799	$877	$22
25th Percentile	$37,982	$3,165	$730	$18

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