Machine Operator Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Machine Operator make in Nebraska?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Machine Operator in Nebraska is $42,500 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $51,083
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $38,383 to $46,993
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $34,634

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Machine Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$46,993	$3,916	$904	$23
Average	$42,500	$3,542	$817	$20
25th Percentile	$38,383	$3,199	$738	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Machine Operator Salaries

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

How Experience Level Affects Machine Operator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Machine Operator's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $37,948
Early Career (1-2 years): $42,170
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $47,835
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $51,438
Expert (over 8 years): $74,651

Levels	Salary
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$37,948
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$42,170
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$47,835
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$51,438
Machine O... Level Machine Operator	$74,651

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How Do Machine Operator 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 Machine Operators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $49,948.
California: $49,759.
Massachusetts: $49,096.

District of Columbia $49,948 California $49,759 Massachusetts $49,096 Washington $48,915 New Jersey $48,897 Alaska $48,834 Connecticut $48,212 New York $47,959

Hawaii $47,151 Rhode Island $46,772 Maryland $46,515 Minnesota $46,163 Colorado $46,028 Illinois $45,983 Oregon $45,812 Delaware $45,685

New Hampshire $45,606 Virginia $45,428 Pennsylvania $44,909 Nevada $44,648 North Dakota $44,562 Michigan $44,427 Wisconsin $44,377 Vermont $44,278

Texas $44,003 Maine $43,984 Arizona $43,957 Ohio $43,926 Georgia $43,511 Indiana $43,303 Wyoming $43,263 Utah $43,200

Iowa $43,172 Kansas $42,956 Louisiana $42,893 North Carolina $42,870 Missouri $42,861 Florida $42,685 Montana $42,591 Nebraska $42,500

Kentucky $42,451 South Carolina $42,270 Tennessee $42,157 Idaho $42,112 New Mexico $41,783 Oklahoma $41,711 Alabama $41,445 South Dakota $40,998

Arkansas $40,754 West Virginia $40,624 Mississippi $40,231

Top Paying Cities for Machine Operators

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: $42,708
La Vista: $42,748
Adams: $41,508

Offutt A F B, NE $42,708 La Vista, NE $42,748 Adams, NE $41,508 Alexandria, NE $41,508 Alvo, NE $41,783 Auburn, NE $41,508 Avoca, NE $41,815 Barneston, NE $41,508

Beatrice, NE $41,508 Beaver Crossing, NE $41,508 Bee, NE $41,625 Belvidere, NE $41,508 Benedict, NE $41,508 Bennet, NE $41,900 Blue Springs, NE $41,508 Bradshaw, NE $41,508

Brock, NE $41,508 Brownville, NE $41,833 Bruning, NE $41,508 Burchard, NE $41,508 Burr, NE $41,508 Byron, NE $41,508 Carleton, NE $41,508 Chester, NE $41,508

Clatonia, NE $41,508 Cook, NE $41,508 Cordova, NE $41,508 Cortland, NE $41,625 Crab Orchard, NE $41,508 Crete, NE $41,742 Davenport, NE $41,508 Davey, NE $42,054

Dawson, NE $41,508 Daykin, NE $41,508 Denton, NE $42,094 Deshler, NE $41,508 De Witt, NE $41,508 Diller, NE $41,508 Dorchester, NE $41,548 Douglas, NE $41,585

Du Bois, NE $41,115 Dunbar, NE $41,756 Eagle, NE $41,900 Elk Creek, NE $41,508 Elmwood, NE $41,815 Endicott, NE $41,508 Exeter, NE $41,508 Fairbury, NE $41,508

Fairmont, NE $41,508 Falls City, NE $40,723 Filley, NE $41,508 Firth, NE $41,666 Friend, NE $41,508 Garland, NE $41,860 Geneva, NE $41,508 Gilead, NE $41,508

Goehner, NE $41,508 Grafton, NE $41,508 Greenwood, NE $41,819 Gresham, NE $41,508 Wilcox, NE $41,508 Alma, NE $41,508 Arapahoe, NE $41,508 Atlanta, NE $41,508

Axtell, NE $41,508 Ayr, NE $41,508 Beaver City, NE $41,508 Bertrand, NE $41,508 Bladen, NE $41,508 Bloomington, NE $41,508 Blue Hill, NE $41,508 Campbell, NE $41,508

Clay Center, NE $41,508 Deweese, NE $41,508 Edgar, NE $41,508 Edison, NE $41,508 Elwood, NE $41,508 Fairfield, NE $41,508 Franklin, NE $41,508 Funk, NE $41,508

Glenvil, NE $41,508 Guide Rock, NE $41,508 Hardy, NE $41,508 Harvard, NE $41,508 Heartwell, NE $41,508 Hendley, NE $41,508 Hildreth, NE $41,508 Holbrook, NE $41,508

Holdrege, NE $41,508 Holstein, NE $41,508 Inavale, NE $41,508 Inland, NE $41,508 Juniata, NE $41,508 Kenesaw, NE $41,508 Lawrence, NE $41,508 Loomis, NE $41,508

Minden, NE $41,508 Naponee, NE $41,508 Nelson, NE $41,508 Oak, NE $41,508 Orleans, NE $41,508 Oxford, NE $41,508 Ragan, NE $41,508 Red Cloud, NE $41,508

Republican City, NE $41,508 Riverton, NE $41,508 Roseland, NE $41,508 Ruskin, NE $41,508 Saronville, NE $41,508 Smithfield, NE $41,508 Stamford, NE $41,508 Superior, NE $41,508

Sutton, NE $41,508 Trumbull, NE $41,508 Upland, NE $41,508 Bellwood, NE $41,508 Mc Cook, NE $41,806 Bartley, NE $41,508 Benkelman, NE $44,675 Cambridge, NE $41,508

Champion, NE $43,966 Culbertson, NE $44,147 Curtis, NE $41,508 Danbury, NE $41,508 Enders, NE $43,966 Eustis, NE $41,508 Farnam, NE $41,508 Haigler, NE $44,675

Hayes Center, NE $43,966 Imperial, NE $43,966 Indianola, NE $41,508 Lebanon, NE $41,508 Max, NE $44,675 Maywood, NE $41,806 Moorefield, NE $41,508 Palisade, NE $44,697

Parks, NE $44,675 Stockville, NE $41,508 Stratton, NE $44,427 Trenton, NE $44,012 Wauneta, NE $43,966 Wilsonville, NE $41,508 North Platte, NE $41,296 Arnold, NE $41,508

Arthur, NE $42,103 Big Springs, NE $42,103 Brady, NE $41,508 Broadwater, NE $42,103 Brule, NE $42,103 Bushnell, NE $42,103 Chappell, NE $42,103 Cozad, NE $41,508

Dalton, NE $42,103 Dickens, NE $43,177 Dix, NE $42,103 Elsie, NE $43,177 Elsmere, NE $37,330 Gothenburg, NE $41,508 Grant, NE $43,177 Abie, NE $41,508

Arlington, NE $42,090 Ashland, NE $41,851 Bancroft, NE $40,141 Bellevue, NE $42,748 Bennington, NE $42,631 Blair, NE $42,279 Boys Town, NE $42,748 Bruno, NE $41,508

Cedar Bluffs, NE $41,891 Cedar Creek, NE $42,473 Ceresco, NE $41,860 Colon, NE $41,815 Craig, NE $41,936 Decatur, NE $40,141 Elkhorn, NE $42,554 Fort Calhoun, NE $42,591

Fremont, NE $42,004 Gretna, NE $42,437 Herman, NE $42,162 Homer, NE $40,466 Hooper, NE $42,162 Ithaca, NE $41,783 Kennard, NE $42,356 Linwood, NE $41,508

Louisville, NE $41,968 Lyons, NE $40,141 Macy, NE $40,141 Malmo, NE $41,711 Mead, NE $41,842 Memphis, NE $41,828 Hallam, NE $41,702 Hebron, NE $41,508

Henderson, NE $41,508 Hickman, NE $41,936 Hubbell, NE $41,508 Humboldt, NE $41,508 Jansen, NE $41,508 Johnson, NE $41,508 Julian, NE $41,508 Lewiston, NE $41,508

Liberty, NE $41,508 Lorton, NE $41,648 Mc Cool Junction, NE $41,508 Malcolm, NE $42,094 Manley, NE $41,851 Martell, NE $42,018 Milford, NE $41,783 Milligan, NE $41,508

Murdock, NE $41,815 Murray, NE $42,040 Nebraska City, NE $41,959 Nehawka, NE $41,909 Nemaha, NE $41,833 Odell, NE $41,508 Ohiowa, NE $41,508 Otoe, NE $41,756

Palmyra, NE $41,742 Panama, NE $41,742 Pawnee City, NE $41,508 Peru, NE $41,833 Pickrell, NE $41,508 Pleasant Dale, NE $42,018 Plymouth, NE $41,508 Raymond, NE $42,094

Reynolds, NE $41,508 Roca, NE $42,018 Rulo, NE $42,117 Salem, NE $41,115 Seward, NE $41,666 Shickley, NE $41,508 Shubert, NE $41,833 Sprague, NE $41,936

Staplehurst, NE $41,508 Steele City, NE $41,508 Steinauer, NE $41,508 Stella, NE $41,508 Sterling, NE $41,508 Strang, NE $41,508 Swanton, NE $41,508 Syracuse, NE $41,657

Table Rock, NE $41,508 Talmage, NE $41,508 Tecumseh, NE $41,508 Ong, NE $41,508 Tobias, NE $41,508 Unadilla, NE $41,634 Union, NE $41,950 Utica, NE $41,508

Verdon, NE $41,463 Virginia, NE $41,508 Waco, NE $41,508 Walton, NE $42,018 Waverly, NE $42,054 Weeping Water, NE $41,842 Western, NE $41,508 Wilber, NE $41,508

Wymore, NE $41,508 York, NE $41,508 Lincoln, NE $42,094 Nickerson, NE $42,162 Oakland, NE $40,813 Papillion, NE $42,748 Pender, NE $40,141 Plattsmouth, NE $42,437

Prague, NE $41,666 Rosalie, NE $40,141 St Columbans, NE $42,631 Scribner, NE $42,162 South Bend, NE $41,882 Springfield, NE $42,514 Tekamah, NE $42,162 Thurston, NE $40,141

Uehling, NE $42,162 Valley, NE $42,094 Valparaiso, NE $41,783 Wahoo, NE $41,756 Walthill, NE $40,141 Washington, NE $42,514 Waterloo, NE $42,437 Weston, NE $41,670

Winnebago, NE $40,303 Winslow, NE $42,162 Yutan, NE $41,936 Omaha, NE $42,748 Brainard, NE $41,508 Cedar Rapids, NE $41,508 Clarks, NE $41,508 Clarkson, NE $41,269

Creston, NE $40,822 David City, NE $41,508 Dodge, NE $41,269 Duncan, NE $41,508 Dwight, NE $41,548 Elgin, NE $40,141 Ericson, NE $40,822 Fullerton, NE $41,508

Genoa, NE $41,508 Howells, NE $41,269 Humphrey, NE $40,822 Leigh, NE $40,822 Lindsay, NE $40,822 Monroe, NE $41,508 Morse Bluff, NE $41,788 North Bend, NE $41,769

Osceola, NE $41,508 Petersburg, NE $40,822 Platte Center, NE $41,508 Polk, NE $41,508 Primrose, NE $41,508 Rising City, NE $41,508 Rogers, NE $41,508 Saint Edward, NE $41,508

Schuyler, NE $41,508 Shelby, NE $41,508 Silver Creek, NE $41,508 Snyder, NE $41,151 Spalding, NE $41,508 Stromsburg, NE $41,508 Surprise, NE $41,508 Ulysses, NE $41,508

Norfolk, NE $40,141 Allen, NE $40,168 Amelia, NE $40,141 Atkinson, NE $40,204 Bassett, NE $37,330 Battle Creek, NE $40,141 Beemer, NE $40,141 Belden, NE $40,141

Gurley, NE $42,103 Columbus, NE $41,508 Albion, NE $41,508 Ames, NE $41,945 Bartlett, NE $40,822 Belgrade, NE $41,508 Bloomfield, NE $40,141 Halsey, NE $37,330

Hershey, NE $43,177 Keystone, NE $42,103 Kimball, NE $42,103 Lemoyne, NE $42,103 Lewellen, NE $42,103 Lisco, NE $42,103 Lodgepole, NE $42,103 Madrid, NE $43,177

Maxwell, NE $41,508 Mullen, NE $38,400 Ogallala, NE $42,103 Oshkosh, NE $42,103 Paxton, NE $43,177 Potter, NE $42,103 Purdum, NE $37,330 Sidney, NE $42,103

Seneca, NE $38,400 Stapleton, NE $39,658 Sutherland, NE $43,177 Thedford, NE $37,330 Tryon, NE $39,636 Venango, NE $43,177 Wallace, NE $43,177 Wellfleet, NE $42,622

Willow Island, NE $41,508 Valentine, NE $37,330 Ainsworth, NE $37,330 Cody, NE $38,400 Crookston, NE $37,330 Johnstown, NE $37,330 Kilgore, NE $37,330 Long Pine, NE $37,330

Merriman, NE $39,469 Nenzel, NE $37,330 Sparks, NE $37,330 Wood Lake, NE $37,330 Alliance, NE $42,103 Angora, NE $42,103 Ashby, NE $40,786 Bayard, NE $42,103

Bingham, NE $40,786 Bridgeport, NE $42,103 Chadron, NE $39,469 Crawford, NE $39,469 Ellsworth, NE $40,786 Gering, NE $42,103 Gordon, NE $39,469 Harrisburg, NE $42,103

Harrison, NE $39,469 Hay Springs, NE $39,469 Hemingford, NE $40,786 Hyannis, NE $40,786 Lakeside, NE $40,786 Lyman, NE $42,103 Mcgrew, NE $42,103 Marsland, NE $40,786

Melbeta, NE $42,103 Minatare, NE $42,103 Mitchell, NE $42,103 Morrill, NE $42,103 Rushville, NE $39,469 Scottsbluff, NE $42,103 Whiteclay, NE $39,469 Whitman, NE $38,400

Whitney, NE $39,469 Verdigre, NE $40,141 Wakefield, NE $40,141 Waterbury, NE $40,357 Wausa, NE $40,141 Wayne, NE $40,141 West Point, NE $40,141 Winnetoon, NE $40,141

Winside, NE $40,141 Wisner, NE $40,141 Wynot, NE $40,141 Grand Island, NE $41,508 Alda, NE $41,508 Amherst, NE $41,508 Anselmo, NE $40,822 Ansley, NE $41,508

Arcadia, NE $41,508 Archer, NE $41,508 Ashton, NE $41,508 Aurora, NE $41,508 Boelus, NE $41,508 Brewster, NE $39,658 Broken Bow, NE $41,508 Burwell, NE $40,822

Cairo, NE $41,508 Bristow, NE $40,204 Brunswick, NE $40,141 Butte, NE $39,248 Carroll, NE $40,141 Center, NE $40,141 Chambers, NE $40,141 Clearwater, NE $40,141

Coleridge, NE $40,141 Concord, NE $40,141 Creighton, NE $40,141 Crofton, NE $40,141 Dakota City, NE $40,547 Dixon, NE $40,141 Emerson, NE $40,195 Emmet, NE $40,204

Ewing, NE $40,141 Fordyce, NE $40,141 Hadar, NE $40,141 Hartington, NE $40,141 Hoskins, NE $40,141 Hubbard, NE $40,466 Inman, NE $40,141 Jackson, NE $40,547

Laurel, NE $40,141 Lynch, NE $40,204 Mclean, NE $40,141 Madison, NE $40,141 Magnet, NE $40,141 Maskell, NE $40,141 Meadow Grove, NE $40,141 Mills, NE $37,330

Naper, NE $37,330 Neligh, NE $40,141 Newcastle, NE $40,141 Newman Grove, NE $40,822 Newport, NE $37,330 Niobrara, NE $40,204 Oakdale, NE $40,141 Oneill, NE $40,204

Orchard, NE $40,141 Osmond, NE $40,141 Page, NE $40,141 Pierce, NE $40,141 Pilger, NE $40,141 Plainview, NE $40,141 Ponca, NE $40,385 Randolph, NE $40,141

Royal, NE $40,141 Saint Helena, NE $40,141 South Sioux City, NE $40,547 Spencer, NE $40,204 Springview, NE $37,330 Stanton, NE $40,141 Stuart, NE $39,248 Tilden, NE $40,141

Callaway, NE $41,508 Central City, NE $41,508 Chapman, NE $41,508 Comstock, NE $41,508 Dannebrog, NE $41,508 Doniphan, NE $41,508 Dunning, NE $39,658 Eddyville, NE $41,508

Elba, NE $41,508 Elm Creek, NE $41,508 Elyria, NE $40,822 Farwell, NE $41,508 Gibbon, NE $41,508 Giltner, NE $41,508 Greeley, NE $41,508 Hampton, NE $41,508

Hazard, NE $41,508 Kearney, NE $41,508 Hordville, NE $41,508 Lexington, NE $41,508 Litchfield, NE $41,508 Loup City, NE $41,508 Marquette, NE $41,508 Mason City, NE $41,508

Merna, NE $41,508 Miller, NE $41,508 North Loup, NE $41,508 Oconto, NE $41,508 Odessa, NE $41,508 Ord, NE $41,508 Overton, NE $41,508 Palmer, NE $41,508

Phillips, NE $41,508 Pleasanton, NE $41,508 Ravenna, NE $41,508 Riverdale, NE $41,508 Rockville, NE $41,508 Saint Libory, NE $41,508 Saint Paul, NE $41,508 Sargent, NE $41,508

Scotia, NE $41,508 Shelton, NE $41,508 Sumner, NE $41,508 Taylor, NE $40,822 Westerville, NE $41,508 Wolbach, NE $41,508 Wood River, NE $41,508 Hastings, NE $41,508

Machine Operator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Machine Operator'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 April 01, 2026

$38,383

Average $42,500/year

$46,993

$3,199

Average $3,542/month

$3,916

$738

Average $817/week

$904

$18

Average $20/hour

$23

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$46,993	$3,916	$904	$23
Average	$42,500	$3,542	$817	$20
25th Percentile	$38,383	$3,199	$738	$18

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