Set Designer Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Set Designer make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Set Designer in Nebraska is $55,179 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $27.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $77,313
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $45,237 to $66,765
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $36,185

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Set Designer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,765	$5,564	$1,284	$32
Average	$55,179	$4,598	$1,061	$27
25th Percentile	$45,237	$3,770	$870	$22

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Key Factors That Influence Set Designer Salaries

A Set Designer'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 Set Designer 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 Set Designers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $64,849.
California: $64,603.
Massachusetts: $63,742.

District of Columbia $64,849 California $64,603 Massachusetts $63,742 Washington $63,508 New Jersey $63,484 Alaska $63,402 Connecticut $62,594 New York $62,266

Hawaii $61,218 Rhode Island $60,726 Maryland $60,392 Minnesota $59,935 Colorado $59,759 Illinois $59,701 Oregon $59,478 Delaware $59,314

New Hampshire $59,211 Virginia $58,980 Pennsylvania $58,307 Nevada $57,967 North Dakota $57,856 Michigan $57,680 Wisconsin $57,616 Vermont $57,487

Texas $57,130 Maine $57,106 Arizona $57,071 Ohio $57,030 Georgia $56,491 Indiana $56,222 Wyoming $56,169 Utah $56,087

Iowa $56,052 Kansas $55,771 Louisiana $55,689 North Carolina $55,659 Missouri $55,648 Florida $55,419 Montana $55,296 Nebraska $55,179

Kentucky $55,115 South Carolina $54,880 Tennessee $54,734 Idaho $54,675 New Mexico $54,248 Oklahoma $54,154 Alabama $53,809 South Dakota $53,229

Arkansas $52,912 West Virginia $52,743 Mississippi $52,233

Top Paying Cities for Set Designers

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: $55,652
La Vista: $55,651
Adams: $54,653

Offutt A F B, NE $55,652 La Vista, NE $55,651 Adams, NE $54,653 Alexandria, NE $54,404 Alvo, NE $54,754 Auburn, NE $54,578 Avoca, NE $54,877 Barneston, NE $54,643

Beatrice, NE $54,603 Beaver Crossing, NE $54,591 Bee, NE $54,665 Belvidere, NE $54,384 Benedict, NE $54,481 Bennet, NE $54,661 Blue Springs, NE $54,471 Bradshaw, NE $54,460

Brock, NE $54,538 Brownville, NE $54,524 Bruning, NE $54,431 Burchard, NE $54,367 Burr, NE $54,701 Byron, NE $54,329 Carleton, NE $54,391 Chester, NE $54,370

Clatonia, NE $54,633 Cook, NE $54,706 Cordova, NE $54,572 Cortland, NE $54,640 Crab Orchard, NE $54,637 Crete, NE $54,641 Davenport, NE $54,393 Davey, NE $54,663

Dawson, NE $54,383 Daykin, NE $54,449 Denton, NE $54,653 Deshler, NE $54,443 De Witt, NE $54,572 Diller, NE $54,425 Dorchester, NE $54,596 Douglas, NE $54,677

Du Bois, NE $54,350 Dunbar, NE $54,804 Eagle, NE $54,691 Elk Creek, NE $54,472 Elmwood, NE $54,791 Endicott, NE $54,377 Exeter, NE $54,482 Fairbury, NE $54,485

Fairmont, NE $54,466 Falls City, NE $54,477 Filley, NE $54,557 Firth, NE $54,650 Friend, NE $54,574 Garland, NE $54,656 Geneva, NE $54,514 Gilead, NE $54,451

Goehner, NE $54,599 Grafton, NE $54,412 Greenwood, NE $54,780 Gresham, NE $54,504 Wilcox, NE $54,354 Alma, NE $54,373 Arapahoe, NE $54,350 Atlanta, NE $54,588

Axtell, NE $54,387 Ayr, NE $54,385 Beaver City, NE $54,301 Bertrand, NE $54,348 Bladen, NE $54,337 Bloomington, NE $54,296 Blue Hill, NE $54,395 Campbell, NE $54,343

Clay Center, NE $54,438 Deweese, NE $54,375 Edgar, NE $54,386 Edison, NE $54,278 Elwood, NE $54,350 Fairfield, NE $54,397 Franklin, NE $54,363 Funk, NE $54,348

Glenvil, NE $54,396 Guide Rock, NE $54,313 Hardy, NE $54,333 Harvard, NE $54,429 Heartwell, NE $54,354 Hendley, NE $54,287 Hildreth, NE $54,354 Holbrook, NE $54,289

Holdrege, NE $54,435 Holstein, NE $54,369 Inavale, NE $54,288 Inland, NE $54,400 Juniata, NE $54,449 Kenesaw, NE $54,414 Lawrence, NE $54,371 Loomis, NE $54,359

Minden, NE $54,414 Naponee, NE $54,308 Nelson, NE $54,371 Oak, NE $54,374 Orleans, NE $54,317 Oxford, NE $54,334 Ragan, NE $54,352 Red Cloud, NE $54,370

Republican City, NE $54,306 Riverton, NE $54,260 Roseland, NE $54,398 Ruskin, NE $54,363 Saronville, NE $54,396 Smithfield, NE $54,321 Stamford, NE $54,275 Superior, NE $54,404

Sutton, NE $54,459 Trumbull, NE $54,417 Upland, NE $54,326 Bellwood, NE $54,576 Mc Cook, NE $54,375 Bartley, NE $54,275 Benkelman, NE $54,260 Cambridge, NE $54,317

Champion, NE $54,345 Culbertson, NE $54,279 Curtis, NE $54,304 Danbury, NE $54,248 Enders, NE $54,212 Eustis, NE $54,308 Farnam, NE $54,255 Haigler, NE $54,265

Hayes Center, NE $54,222 Imperial, NE $54,354 Indianola, NE $54,296 Lebanon, NE $54,253 Max, NE $54,220 Maywood, NE $54,252 Moorefield, NE $54,232 Palisade, NE $54,260

Parks, NE $54,182 Stockville, NE $54,142 Stratton, NE $54,240 Trenton, NE $54,272 Wauneta, NE $54,254 Wilsonville, NE $54,240 North Platte, NE $54,417 Arnold, NE $54,268

Arthur, NE $54,099 Big Springs, NE $54,318 Brady, NE $54,284 Broadwater, NE $54,158 Brule, NE $54,305 Bushnell, NE $54,490 Chappell, NE $54,353 Cozad, NE $54,396

Dalton, NE $54,193 Dickens, NE $54,187 Dix, NE $54,291 Elsie, NE $54,206 Elsmere, NE $54,115 Gothenburg, NE $54,367 Grant, NE $54,357 Abie, NE $54,763

Arlington, NE $55,316 Ashland, NE $54,988 Bancroft, NE $54,391 Bellevue, NE $55,655 Bennington, NE $55,582 Blair, NE $55,423 Boys Town, NE $55,648 Bruno, NE $54,750

Cedar Bluffs, NE $54,941 Cedar Creek, NE $55,436 Ceresco, NE $54,703 Colon, NE $54,929 Craig, NE $54,586 Decatur, NE $54,418 Elkhorn, NE $55,536 Fort Calhoun, NE $55,593

Fremont, NE $55,155 Gretna, NE $55,349 Herman, NE $55,219 Homer, NE $53,318 Hooper, NE $55,031 Ithaca, NE $54,865 Kennard, NE $55,473 Linwood, NE $54,586

Louisville, NE $55,311 Lyons, NE $54,453 Macy, NE $53,914 Malmo, NE $54,828 Mead, NE $55,058 Memphis, NE $54,927 Hallam, NE $54,641 Hebron, NE $54,425

Henderson, NE $54,500 Hickman, NE $54,653 Hubbell, NE $54,337 Humboldt, NE $54,445 Jansen, NE $54,455 Johnson, NE $54,554 Julian, NE $54,668 Lewiston, NE $54,490

Liberty, NE $54,374 Lorton, NE $54,861 Mc Cool Junction, NE $54,521 Malcolm, NE $54,657 Manley, NE $55,097 Martell, NE $54,649 Milford, NE $54,643 Milligan, NE $54,466

Murdock, NE $54,923 Murray, NE $55,299 Nebraska City, NE $54,744 Nehawka, NE $55,113 Nemaha, NE $54,459 Odell, NE $54,425 Ohiowa, NE $54,432 Otoe, NE $54,849

Palmyra, NE $54,691 Panama, NE $54,660 Pawnee City, NE $54,417 Peru, NE $54,610 Pickrell, NE $54,632 Pleasant Dale, NE $54,651 Plymouth, NE $54,493 Raymond, NE $54,660

Reynolds, NE $54,345 Roca, NE $54,656 Rulo, NE $54,373 Salem, NE $54,341 Seward, NE $54,651 Shickley, NE $54,421 Shubert, NE $54,410 Sprague, NE $54,650

Staplehurst, NE $54,658 Steele City, NE $54,377 Steinauer, NE $54,431 Stella, NE $54,442 Sterling, NE $54,670 Strang, NE $54,398 Swanton, NE $54,560 Syracuse, NE $54,770

Table Rock, NE $54,459 Talmage, NE $54,587 Tecumseh, NE $54,584 Ong, NE $54,391 Tobias, NE $54,432 Unadilla, NE $54,732 Union, NE $55,140 Utica, NE $54,590

Verdon, NE $54,414 Virginia, NE $54,456 Waco, NE $54,499 Walton, NE $54,662 Waverly, NE $54,691 Weeping Water, NE $55,054 Western, NE $54,549 Wilber, NE $54,588

Wymore, NE $54,475 York, NE $54,588 Lincoln, NE $54,652 Nickerson, NE $55,164 Oakland, NE $54,572 Papillion, NE $55,641 Pender, NE $54,237 Plattsmouth, NE $55,463

Prague, NE $54,790 Rosalie, NE $54,103 St Columbans, NE $55,655 Scribner, NE $54,612 South Bend, NE $55,150 Springfield, NE $55,451 Tekamah, NE $54,846 Thurston, NE $53,681

Uehling, NE $54,750 Valley, NE $55,368 Valparaiso, NE $54,685 Wahoo, NE $54,838 Walthill, NE $53,773 Washington, NE $55,539 Waterloo, NE $55,409 Weston, NE $54,757

Winnebago, NE $53,479 Winslow, NE $55,073 Yutan, NE $55,208 Omaha, NE $55,659 Brainard, NE $54,708 Cedar Rapids, NE $54,425 Clarks, NE $54,456 Clarkson, NE $54,540

Creston, NE $54,557 David City, NE $54,709 Dodge, NE $54,565 Duncan, NE $54,633 Dwight, NE $54,680 Elgin, NE $54,471 Ericson, NE $54,340 Fullerton, NE $54,476

Genoa, NE $54,508 Howells, NE $54,546 Humphrey, NE $54,567 Leigh, NE $54,550 Lindsay, NE $54,527 Monroe, NE $54,516 Morse Bluff, NE $54,646 North Bend, NE $54,675

Osceola, NE $54,514 Petersburg, NE $54,458 Platte Center, NE $54,550 Polk, NE $54,479 Primrose, NE $54,415 Rising City, NE $54,538 Rogers, NE $54,551 Saint Edward, NE $54,497

Schuyler, NE $54,669 Shelby, NE $54,538 Silver Creek, NE $54,472 Snyder, NE $54,805 Spalding, NE $54,407 Stromsburg, NE $54,531 Surprise, NE $54,665 Ulysses, NE $54,667

Norfolk, NE $54,758 Allen, NE $53,626 Amelia, NE $54,250 Atkinson, NE $54,357 Bassett, NE $54,261 Battle Creek, NE $54,646 Beemer, NE $54,507 Belden, NE $54,326

Gurley, NE $54,270 Columbus, NE $54,675 Albion, NE $54,503 Ames, NE $54,976 Bartlett, NE $54,320 Belgrade, NE $54,411 Bloomfield, NE $54,460 Halsey, NE $54,196

Hershey, NE $54,282 Keystone, NE $54,166 Kimball, NE $54,443 Lemoyne, NE $54,207 Lewellen, NE $54,148 Lisco, NE $54,089 Lodgepole, NE $54,293 Madrid, NE $54,246

Maxwell, NE $54,258 Mullen, NE $54,097 Ogallala, NE $54,374 Oshkosh, NE $54,195 Paxton, NE $54,226 Potter, NE $54,247 Purdum, NE $54,167 Sidney, NE $54,470

Seneca, NE $54,138 Stapleton, NE $54,206 Sutherland, NE $54,250 Thedford, NE $54,163 Tryon, NE $54,121 Venango, NE $54,354 Wallace, NE $54,251 Wellfleet, NE $54,240

Willow Island, NE $54,360 Valentine, NE $54,220 Ainsworth, NE $54,307 Cody, NE $54,096 Crookston, NE $54,188 Johnstown, NE $54,164 Kilgore, NE $54,124 Long Pine, NE $54,295

Merriman, NE $54,059 Nenzel, NE $54,064 Sparks, NE $54,169 Wood Lake, NE $54,142 Alliance, NE $54,254 Angora, NE $54,085 Ashby, NE $54,029 Bayard, NE $54,256

Bingham, NE $54,024 Bridgeport, NE $54,247 Chadron, NE $54,236 Crawford, NE $54,257 Ellsworth, NE $54,016 Gering, NE $54,427 Gordon, NE $54,121 Harrisburg, NE $54,204

Harrison, NE $54,215 Hay Springs, NE $54,175 Hemingford, NE $54,193 Hyannis, NE $54,059 Lakeside, NE $54,025 Lyman, NE $54,371 Mcgrew, NE $54,507 Marsland, NE $54,069

Melbeta, NE $54,595 Minatare, NE $54,298 Mitchell, NE $54,369 Morrill, NE $54,437 Rushville, NE $54,181 Scottsbluff, NE $54,439 Whiteclay, NE $54,101 Whitman, NE $54,012

Whitney, NE $54,127 Verdigre, NE $54,412 Wakefield, NE $53,841 Waterbury, NE $53,454 Wausa, NE $54,501 Wayne, NE $54,362 West Point, NE $54,569 Winnetoon, NE $54,426

Winside, NE $54,432 Wisner, NE $54,462 Wynot, NE $54,232 Grand Island, NE $54,626 Alda, NE $54,508 Amherst, NE $54,346 Anselmo, NE $54,229 Ansley, NE $54,323

Arcadia, NE $54,324 Archer, NE $54,400 Ashton, NE $54,356 Aurora, NE $54,500 Boelus, NE $54,406 Brewster, NE $54,204 Broken Bow, NE $54,373 Burwell, NE $54,315

Cairo, NE $54,435 Bristow, NE $54,308 Brunswick, NE $54,458 Butte, NE $54,343 Carroll, NE $54,345 Center, NE $54,415 Chambers, NE $54,360 Clearwater, NE $54,453

Coleridge, NE $54,294 Concord, NE $53,778 Creighton, NE $54,501 Crofton, NE $54,475 Dakota City, NE $53,184 Dixon, NE $53,804 Emerson, NE $53,600 Emmet, NE $54,358

Ewing, NE $54,381 Fordyce, NE $54,421 Hadar, NE $54,742 Hartington, NE $54,347 Hoskins, NE $54,523 Hubbard, NE $53,348 Inman, NE $54,421 Jackson, NE $53,298

Laurel, NE $54,209 Lynch, NE $54,316 Mclean, NE $54,497 Madison, NE $54,612 Magnet, NE $54,586 Maskell, NE $54,363 Meadow Grove, NE $54,532 Mills, NE $54,170

Naper, NE $54,277 Neligh, NE $54,542 Newcastle, NE $53,790 Newman Grove, NE $54,535 Newport, NE $54,228 Niobrara, NE $54,436 Oakdale, NE $54,508 Oneill, NE $54,435

Orchard, NE $54,442 Osmond, NE $54,535 Page, NE $54,407 Pierce, NE $54,592 Pilger, NE $54,472 Plainview, NE $54,528 Ponca, NE $53,506 Randolph, NE $54,425

Royal, NE $54,422 Saint Helena, NE $54,352 South Sioux City, NE $53,135 Spencer, NE $54,337 Springview, NE $54,216 Stanton, NE $54,586 Stuart, NE $54,329 Tilden, NE $54,550

Callaway, NE $54,292 Central City, NE $54,514 Chapman, NE $54,440 Comstock, NE $54,295 Dannebrog, NE $54,425 Doniphan, NE $54,453 Dunning, NE $54,174 Eddyville, NE $54,264

Elba, NE $54,373 Elm Creek, NE $54,381 Elyria, NE $54,336 Farwell, NE $54,384 Gibbon, NE $54,427 Giltner, NE $54,423 Greeley, NE $54,376 Hampton, NE $54,456

Hazard, NE $54,333 Kearney, NE $54,536 Hordville, NE $54,459 Lexington, NE $54,447 Litchfield, NE $54,325 Loup City, NE $54,380 Marquette, NE $54,455 Mason City, NE $54,290

Merna, NE $54,318 Miller, NE $54,318 North Loup, NE $54,365 Oconto, NE $54,256 Odessa, NE $54,523 Ord, NE $54,404 Overton, NE $54,364 Palmer, NE $54,418

Phillips, NE $54,456 Pleasanton, NE $54,373 Ravenna, NE $54,395 Riverdale, NE $54,390 Rockville, NE $54,339 Saint Libory, NE $54,452 Saint Paul, NE $54,468 Sargent, NE $54,311

Scotia, NE $54,374 Shelton, NE $54,426 Sumner, NE $54,299 Taylor, NE $54,268 Westerville, NE $54,298 Wolbach, NE $54,380 Wood River, NE $54,416 Hastings, NE $54,574

Set Designer Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Set Designer salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $55,179. While startup companies pay approximate $55,179.

Set Designer Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$55,179
Growth Stage	51~500	$55,179
Established	501~5000	$55,179
Enterprise	5000+	$55,179

Set Designer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Set Designer'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

$45,237

Average $55,179/year

$66,765

$3,770

Average $4,598/month

$5,564

$870

Average $1,061/week

$1,284

$22

Average $27/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$66,765	$5,564	$1,284	$32
Average	$55,179	$4,598	$1,061	$27
25th Percentile	$45,237	$3,770	$870	$22

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