Rigger Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Rigger make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Rigger in Nebraska is $44,742 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $55,060
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $42,073 to $50,143
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $39,643

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Rigger Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,143	$4,179	$964	$24
Average	$44,742	$3,729	$860	$22
25th Percentile	$42,073	$3,506	$809	$20

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Key Factors That Influence Rigger Salaries

A Rigger'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 Rigger 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 Riggers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $52,583.
California: $52,384.
Massachusetts: $51,686.

District of Columbia $52,583 California $52,384 Massachusetts $51,686 Washington $51,496 New Jersey $51,477 Alaska $51,410 Connecticut $50,755 New York $50,489

Hawaii $49,639 Rhode Island $49,240 Maryland $48,969 Minnesota $48,599 Colorado $48,456 Illinois $48,409 Oregon $48,228 Delaware $48,095

New Hampshire $48,012 Virginia $47,825 Pennsylvania $47,278 Nevada $47,003 North Dakota $46,913 Michigan $46,770 Wisconsin $46,718 Vermont $46,613

Texas $46,324 Maine $46,305 Arizona $46,276 Ohio $46,243 Georgia $45,806 Indiana $45,588 Wyoming $45,545 Utah $45,478

Iowa $45,450 Kansas $45,222 Louisiana $45,155 North Carolina $45,132 Missouri $45,122 Florida $44,937 Montana $44,837 Nebraska $44,742

Kentucky $44,690 South Carolina $44,500 Tennessee $44,381 Idaho $44,334 New Mexico $43,987 Oklahoma $43,911 Alabama $43,631 South Dakota $43,161

Arkansas $42,904 West Virginia $42,767 Mississippi $42,353

Top Paying Cities for Riggers

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: $45,126
La Vista: $45,125
Adams: $44,315

Offutt A F B, NE $45,126 La Vista, NE $45,125 Adams, NE $44,315 Alexandria, NE $44,114 Alvo, NE $44,397 Auburn, NE $44,255 Avoca, NE $44,498 Barneston, NE $44,307

Beatrice, NE $44,275 Beaver Crossing, NE $44,265 Bee, NE $44,325 Belvidere, NE $44,097 Benedict, NE $44,176 Bennet, NE $44,322 Blue Springs, NE $44,168 Bradshaw, NE $44,159

Brock, NE $44,222 Brownville, NE $44,211 Bruning, NE $44,136 Burchard, NE $44,084 Burr, NE $44,354 Byron, NE $44,053 Carleton, NE $44,103 Chester, NE $44,086

Clatonia, NE $44,300 Cook, NE $44,359 Cordova, NE $44,250 Cortland, NE $44,305 Crab Orchard, NE $44,303 Crete, NE $44,306 Davenport, NE $44,105 Davey, NE $44,323

Dawson, NE $44,096 Daykin, NE $44,150 Denton, NE $44,316 Deshler, NE $44,146 De Witt, NE $44,250 Diller, NE $44,131 Dorchester, NE $44,270 Douglas, NE $44,335

Du Bois, NE $44,070 Dunbar, NE $44,438 Eagle, NE $44,346 Elk Creek, NE $44,169 Elmwood, NE $44,427 Endicott, NE $44,092 Exeter, NE $44,177 Fairbury, NE $44,180

Fairmont, NE $44,164 Falls City, NE $44,173 Filley, NE $44,237 Firth, NE $44,313 Friend, NE $44,251 Garland, NE $44,318 Geneva, NE $44,203 Gilead, NE $44,151

Goehner, NE $44,272 Grafton, NE $44,121 Greenwood, NE $44,418 Gresham, NE $44,195 Wilcox, NE $44,074 Alma, NE $44,088 Arapahoe, NE $44,070 Atlanta, NE $44,263

Axtell, NE $44,100 Ayr, NE $44,098 Beaver City, NE $44,030 Bertrand, NE $44,068 Bladen, NE $44,059 Bloomington, NE $44,026 Blue Hill, NE $44,106 Campbell, NE $44,065

Clay Center, NE $44,141 Deweese, NE $44,090 Edgar, NE $44,099 Edison, NE $44,011 Elwood, NE $44,070 Fairfield, NE $44,108 Franklin, NE $44,081 Funk, NE $44,068

Glenvil, NE $44,107 Guide Rock, NE $44,040 Hardy, NE $44,056 Harvard, NE $44,134 Heartwell, NE $44,074 Hendley, NE $44,019 Hildreth, NE $44,074 Holbrook, NE $44,021

Holdrege, NE $44,139 Holstein, NE $44,085 Inavale, NE $44,019 Inland, NE $44,111 Juniata, NE $44,150 Kenesaw, NE $44,122 Lawrence, NE $44,087 Loomis, NE $44,077

Minden, NE $44,122 Naponee, NE $44,036 Nelson, NE $44,087 Oak, NE $44,089 Orleans, NE $44,043 Oxford, NE $44,057 Ragan, NE $44,071 Red Cloud, NE $44,086

Republican City, NE $44,035 Riverton, NE $43,997 Roseland, NE $44,109 Ruskin, NE $44,081 Saronville, NE $44,107 Smithfield, NE $44,047 Stamford, NE $44,009 Superior, NE $44,114

Sutton, NE $44,159 Trumbull, NE $44,124 Upland, NE $44,051 Bellwood, NE $44,253 Mc Cook, NE $44,090 Bartley, NE $44,009 Benkelman, NE $43,997 Cambridge, NE $44,043

Champion, NE $44,066 Culbertson, NE $44,012 Curtis, NE $44,032 Danbury, NE $43,988 Enders, NE $43,958 Eustis, NE $44,036 Farnam, NE $43,993 Haigler, NE $44,001

Hayes Center, NE $43,966 Imperial, NE $44,074 Indianola, NE $44,027 Lebanon, NE $43,991 Max, NE $43,964 Maywood, NE $43,990 Moorefield, NE $43,974 Palisade, NE $43,997

Parks, NE $43,933 Stockville, NE $43,901 Stratton, NE $43,981 Trenton, NE $44,007 Wauneta, NE $43,992 Wilsonville, NE $43,981 North Platte, NE $44,124 Arnold, NE $44,003

Arthur, NE $43,867 Big Springs, NE $44,044 Brady, NE $44,017 Broadwater, NE $43,914 Brule, NE $44,033 Bushnell, NE $44,184 Chappell, NE $44,073 Cozad, NE $44,107

Dalton, NE $43,943 Dickens, NE $43,938 Dix, NE $44,022 Elsie, NE $43,953 Elsmere, NE $43,879 Gothenburg, NE $44,084 Grant, NE $44,075 Abie, NE $44,405

Arlington, NE $44,853 Ashland, NE $44,587 Bancroft, NE $44,104 Bellevue, NE $45,128 Bennington, NE $45,069 Blair, NE $44,940 Boys Town, NE $45,123 Bruno, NE $44,395

Cedar Bluffs, NE $44,549 Cedar Creek, NE $44,951 Ceresco, NE $44,356 Colon, NE $44,539 Craig, NE $44,261 Decatur, NE $44,125 Elkhorn, NE $45,032 Fort Calhoun, NE $45,078

Fremont, NE $44,722 Gretna, NE $44,880 Herman, NE $44,775 Homer, NE $43,233 Hooper, NE $44,622 Ithaca, NE $44,488 Kennard, NE $44,981 Linwood, NE $44,262

Louisville, NE $44,849 Lyons, NE $44,154 Macy, NE $43,716 Malmo, NE $44,458 Mead, NE $44,644 Memphis, NE $44,538 Hallam, NE $44,306 Hebron, NE $44,131

Henderson, NE $44,191 Hickman, NE $44,315 Hubbell, NE $44,060 Humboldt, NE $44,147 Jansen, NE $44,155 Johnson, NE $44,236 Julian, NE $44,328 Lewiston, NE $44,183

Liberty, NE $44,089 Lorton, NE $44,484 Mc Cool Junction, NE $44,208 Malcolm, NE $44,319 Manley, NE $44,675 Martell, NE $44,312 Milford, NE $44,308 Milligan, NE $44,164

Murdock, NE $44,534 Murray, NE $44,839 Nebraska City, NE $44,389 Nehawka, NE $44,689 Nemaha, NE $44,158 Odell, NE $44,131 Ohiowa, NE $44,137 Otoe, NE $44,475

Palmyra, NE $44,347 Panama, NE $44,321 Pawnee City, NE $44,124 Peru, NE $44,281 Pickrell, NE $44,298 Pleasant Dale, NE $44,314 Plymouth, NE $44,186 Raymond, NE $44,321

Reynolds, NE $44,066 Roca, NE $44,318 Rulo, NE $44,089 Salem, NE $44,063 Seward, NE $44,314 Shickley, NE $44,127 Shubert, NE $44,119 Sprague, NE $44,313

Staplehurst, NE $44,320 Steele City, NE $44,092 Steinauer, NE $44,135 Stella, NE $44,144 Sterling, NE $44,329 Strang, NE $44,109 Swanton, NE $44,240 Syracuse, NE $44,410

Table Rock, NE $44,159 Talmage, NE $44,262 Tecumseh, NE $44,260 Ong, NE $44,103 Tobias, NE $44,137 Unadilla, NE $44,379 Union, NE $44,711 Utica, NE $44,265

Verdon, NE $44,122 Virginia, NE $44,156 Waco, NE $44,190 Walton, NE $44,323 Waverly, NE $44,347 Weeping Water, NE $44,641 Western, NE $44,231 Wilber, NE $44,263

Wymore, NE $44,171 York, NE $44,263 Lincoln, NE $44,315 Nickerson, NE $44,730 Oakland, NE $44,250 Papillion, NE $45,117 Pender, NE $43,979 Plattsmouth, NE $44,972

Prague, NE $44,426 Rosalie, NE $43,869 St Columbans, NE $45,128 Scribner, NE $44,283 South Bend, NE $44,719 Springfield, NE $44,963 Tekamah, NE $44,473 Thurston, NE $43,528

Uehling, NE $44,395 Valley, NE $44,896 Valparaiso, NE $44,342 Wahoo, NE $44,466 Walthill, NE $43,602 Washington, NE $45,034 Waterloo, NE $44,928 Weston, NE $44,400

Winnebago, NE $43,364 Winslow, NE $44,656 Yutan, NE $44,766 Omaha, NE $45,132 Brainard, NE $44,360 Cedar Rapids, NE $44,131 Clarks, NE $44,156 Clarkson, NE $44,224

Creston, NE $44,238 David City, NE $44,361 Dodge, NE $44,244 Duncan, NE $44,300 Dwight, NE $44,338 Elgin, NE $44,168 Ericson, NE $44,062 Fullerton, NE $44,172

Genoa, NE $44,198 Howells, NE $44,229 Humphrey, NE $44,246 Leigh, NE $44,232 Lindsay, NE $44,214 Monroe, NE $44,205 Morse Bluff, NE $44,310 North Bend, NE $44,333

Osceola, NE $44,203 Petersburg, NE $44,158 Platte Center, NE $44,232 Polk, NE $44,175 Primrose, NE $44,123 Rising City, NE $44,223 Rogers, NE $44,233 Saint Edward, NE $44,189

Schuyler, NE $44,329 Shelby, NE $44,222 Silver Creek, NE $44,169 Snyder, NE $44,439 Spalding, NE $44,116 Stromsburg, NE $44,217 Surprise, NE $44,325 Ulysses, NE $44,327

Norfolk, NE $44,401 Allen, NE $43,483 Amelia, NE $43,989 Atkinson, NE $44,076 Bassett, NE $43,998 Battle Creek, NE $44,310 Beemer, NE $44,197 Belden, NE $44,050

Gurley, NE $44,005 Columbus, NE $44,334 Albion, NE $44,194 Ames, NE $44,577 Bartlett, NE $44,046 Belgrade, NE $44,120 Bloomfield, NE $44,160 Halsey, NE $43,945

Hershey, NE $44,015 Keystone, NE $43,921 Kimball, NE $44,146 Lemoyne, NE $43,954 Lewellen, NE $43,906 Lisco, NE $43,858 Lodgepole, NE $44,024 Madrid, NE $43,985

Maxwell, NE $43,996 Mullen, NE $43,865 Ogallala, NE $44,089 Oshkosh, NE $43,944 Paxton, NE $43,969 Potter, NE $43,987 Purdum, NE $43,922 Sidney, NE $44,168

Seneca, NE $43,898 Stapleton, NE $43,953 Sutherland, NE $43,989 Thedford, NE $43,918 Tryon, NE $43,885 Venango, NE $44,074 Wallace, NE $43,990 Wellfleet, NE $43,981

Willow Island, NE $44,078 Valentine, NE $43,965 Ainsworth, NE $44,035 Cody, NE $43,864 Crookston, NE $43,938 Johnstown, NE $43,919 Kilgore, NE $43,886 Long Pine, NE $44,025

Merriman, NE $43,834 Nenzel, NE $43,838 Sparks, NE $43,924 Wood Lake, NE $43,902 Alliance, NE $43,992 Angora, NE $43,855 Ashby, NE $43,810 Bayard, NE $43,994

Bingham, NE $43,806 Bridgeport, NE $43,987 Chadron, NE $43,977 Crawford, NE $43,995 Ellsworth, NE $43,799 Gering, NE $44,132 Gordon, NE $43,884 Harrisburg, NE $43,952

Harrison, NE $43,961 Hay Springs, NE $43,928 Hemingford, NE $43,943 Hyannis, NE $43,834 Lakeside, NE $43,806 Lyman, NE $44,087 Mcgrew, NE $44,197 Marsland, NE $43,842

Melbeta, NE $44,269 Minatare, NE $44,028 Mitchell, NE $44,085 Morrill, NE $44,141 Rushville, NE $43,933 Scottsbluff, NE $44,142 Whiteclay, NE $43,868 Whitman, NE $43,796

Whitney, NE $43,889 Verdigre, NE $44,120 Wakefield, NE $43,657 Waterbury, NE $43,343 Wausa, NE $44,192 Wayne, NE $44,080 West Point, NE $44,248 Winnetoon, NE $44,132

Winside, NE $44,136 Wisner, NE $44,161 Wynot, NE $43,974 Grand Island, NE $44,293 Alda, NE $44,198 Amherst, NE $44,067 Anselmo, NE $43,972 Ansley, NE $44,048

Arcadia, NE $44,049 Archer, NE $44,111 Ashton, NE $44,075 Aurora, NE $44,191 Boelus, NE $44,115 Brewster, NE $43,952 Broken Bow, NE $44,089 Burwell, NE $44,042

Cairo, NE $44,139 Bristow, NE $44,036 Brunswick, NE $44,157 Butte, NE $44,064 Carroll, NE $44,066 Center, NE $44,123 Chambers, NE $44,078 Clearwater, NE $44,154

Coleridge, NE $44,024 Concord, NE $43,606 Creighton, NE $44,192 Crofton, NE $44,171 Dakota City, NE $43,125 Dixon, NE $43,628 Emerson, NE $43,462 Emmet, NE $44,076

Ewing, NE $44,095 Fordyce, NE $44,128 Hadar, NE $44,388 Hartington, NE $44,068 Hoskins, NE $44,210 Hubbard, NE $43,257 Inman, NE $44,128 Jackson, NE $43,217

Laurel, NE $43,956 Lynch, NE $44,042 Mclean, NE $44,189 Madison, NE $44,282 Magnet, NE $44,262 Maskell, NE $44,081 Meadow Grove, NE $44,217 Mills, NE $43,924

Naper, NE $44,010 Neligh, NE $44,226 Newcastle, NE $43,616 Newman Grove, NE $44,220 Newport, NE $43,971 Niobrara, NE $44,140 Oakdale, NE $44,198 Oneill, NE $44,139

Orchard, NE $44,145 Osmond, NE $44,220 Page, NE $44,116 Pierce, NE $44,266 Pilger, NE $44,169 Plainview, NE $44,215 Ponca, NE $43,386 Randolph, NE $44,131

Royal, NE $44,129 Saint Helena, NE $44,071 South Sioux City, NE $43,085 Spencer, NE $44,060 Springview, NE $43,961 Stanton, NE $44,261 Stuart, NE $44,053 Tilden, NE $44,232

Callaway, NE $44,023 Central City, NE $44,203 Chapman, NE $44,143 Comstock, NE $44,025 Dannebrog, NE $44,131 Doniphan, NE $44,154 Dunning, NE $43,927 Eddyville, NE $44,000

Elba, NE $44,089 Elm Creek, NE $44,095 Elyria, NE $44,059 Farwell, NE $44,098 Gibbon, NE $44,132 Giltner, NE $44,129 Greeley, NE $44,091 Hampton, NE $44,156

Hazard, NE $44,056 Kearney, NE $44,221 Hordville, NE $44,159 Lexington, NE $44,149 Litchfield, NE $44,050 Loup City, NE $44,094 Marquette, NE $44,155 Mason City, NE $44,021

Merna, NE $44,044 Miller, NE $44,044 North Loup, NE $44,082 Oconto, NE $43,994 Odessa, NE $44,210 Ord, NE $44,113 Overton, NE $44,082 Palmer, NE $44,125

Phillips, NE $44,156 Pleasanton, NE $44,089 Ravenna, NE $44,107 Riverdale, NE $44,103 Rockville, NE $44,061 Saint Libory, NE $44,152 Saint Paul, NE $44,166 Sargent, NE $44,038

Scotia, NE $44,089 Shelton, NE $44,132 Sumner, NE $44,029 Taylor, NE $44,004 Westerville, NE $44,028 Wolbach, NE $44,094 Wood River, NE $44,123 Hastings, NE $44,251

Rigger Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Rigger salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $44,742. While startup companies pay approximate $44,742.

Rigger Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$44,742
Growth Stage	51~500	$44,742
Established	501~5000	$44,742
Enterprise	5000+	$44,742

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

Understanding how a Rigger'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

$42,073

Average $44,742/year

$50,143

$3,506

Average $3,729/month

$4,179

$809

Average $860/week

$964

$20

Average $22/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,143	$4,179	$964	$24
Average	$44,742	$3,729	$860	$22
25th Percentile	$42,073	$3,506	$809	$20

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