Microbiologist Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Microbiologist make in Nebraska?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Microbiologist in Nebraska is $78,122 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $38.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $94,633
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $70,839 to $86,764
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $64,208

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Microbiologist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,764	$7,230	$1,669	$42
Average	$78,122	$6,510	$1,502	$38
25th Percentile	$70,839	$5,903	$1,362	$34

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Key Factors That Influence Microbiologist Salaries

A Microbiologist'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 Microbiologist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Microbiologist'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): $54,779
Early Career (1-2 years): $67,896
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $77,486
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $87,216
Expert (over 8 years): $124,838

Levels	Salary
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$54,779
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$67,896
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$77,486
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$87,216
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$124,838

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How Do Microbiologist 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 Microbiologists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $91,812.
California: $91,464.
Massachusetts: $90,245.

District of Columbia $91,812 California $91,464 Massachusetts $90,245 Washington $89,913 New Jersey $89,880 Alaska $89,764 Connecticut $88,620 New York $88,155

Hawaii $86,671 Rhode Island $85,975 Maryland $85,502 Minnesota $84,855 Colorado $84,606 Illinois $84,523 Oregon $84,208 Delaware $83,976

New Hampshire $83,830 Virginia $83,503 Pennsylvania $82,550 Nevada $82,069 North Dakota $81,911 Michigan $81,663 Wisconsin $81,571 Vermont $81,389

Texas $80,883 Maine $80,850 Arizona $80,800 Ohio $80,742 Georgia $79,979 Indiana $79,598 Wyoming $79,523 Utah $79,407

Iowa $79,357 Kansas $78,959 Louisiana $78,843 North Carolina $78,802 Missouri $78,785 Florida $78,462 Montana $78,288 Nebraska $78,122

Kentucky $78,031 South Carolina $77,699 Tennessee $77,492 Idaho $77,409 New Mexico $76,803 Oklahoma $76,671 Alabama $76,181 South Dakota $75,360

Arkansas $74,913 West Virginia $74,672 Mississippi $73,951

Top Paying Cities for Microbiologists

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: $78,791
La Vista: $78,790
Adams: $77,376

Offutt A F B, NE $78,791 La Vista, NE $78,790 Adams, NE $77,376 Alexandria, NE $77,025 Alvo, NE $77,520 Auburn, NE $77,270 Avoca, NE $77,695 Barneston, NE $77,362

Beatrice, NE $77,306 Beaver Crossing, NE $77,288 Bee, NE $77,394 Belvidere, NE $76,996 Benedict, NE $77,133 Bennet, NE $77,388 Blue Springs, NE $77,119 Bradshaw, NE $77,103

Brock, NE $77,214 Brownville, NE $77,194 Bruning, NE $77,063 Burchard, NE $76,972 Burr, NE $77,444 Byron, NE $76,919 Carleton, NE $77,006 Chester, NE $76,976

Clatonia, NE $77,349 Cook, NE $77,453 Cordova, NE $77,263 Cortland, NE $77,358 Crab Orchard, NE $77,355 Crete, NE $77,360 Davenport, NE $77,009 Davey, NE $77,390

Dawson, NE $76,994 Daykin, NE $77,088 Denton, NE $77,377 Deshler, NE $77,080 De Witt, NE $77,262 Diller, NE $77,054 Dorchester, NE $77,297 Douglas, NE $77,410

Du Bois, NE $76,948 Dunbar, NE $77,591 Eagle, NE $77,430 Elk Creek, NE $77,120 Elmwood, NE $77,572 Endicott, NE $76,986 Exeter, NE $77,134 Fairbury, NE $77,139

Fairmont, NE $77,113 Falls City, NE $77,128 Filley, NE $77,240 Firth, NE $77,372 Friend, NE $77,264 Garland, NE $77,381 Geneva, NE $77,180 Gilead, NE $77,090

Goehner, NE $77,301 Grafton, NE $77,036 Greenwood, NE $77,556 Gresham, NE $77,166 Wilcox, NE $76,954 Alma, NE $76,980 Arapahoe, NE $76,948 Atlanta, NE $77,284

Axtell, NE $77,000 Ayr, NE $76,997 Beaver City, NE $76,878 Bertrand, NE $76,945 Bladen, NE $76,929 Bloomington, NE $76,871 Blue Hill, NE $77,011 Campbell, NE $76,938

Clay Center, NE $77,072 Deweese, NE $76,983 Edgar, NE $76,999 Edison, NE $76,846 Elwood, NE $76,948 Fairfield, NE $77,015 Franklin, NE $76,967 Funk, NE $76,945

Glenvil, NE $77,013 Guide Rock, NE $76,895 Hardy, NE $76,924 Harvard, NE $77,060 Heartwell, NE $76,954 Hendley, NE $76,858 Hildreth, NE $76,954 Holbrook, NE $76,862

Holdrege, NE $77,068 Holstein, NE $76,974 Inavale, NE $76,860 Inland, NE $77,019 Juniata, NE $77,088 Kenesaw, NE $77,038 Lawrence, NE $76,977 Loomis, NE $76,960

Minden, NE $77,039 Naponee, NE $76,889 Nelson, NE $76,978 Oak, NE $76,982 Orleans, NE $76,901 Oxford, NE $76,925 Ragan, NE $76,950 Red Cloud, NE $76,977

Republican City, NE $76,886 Riverton, NE $76,820 Roseland, NE $77,016 Ruskin, NE $76,967 Saronville, NE $77,013 Smithfield, NE $76,907 Stamford, NE $76,841 Superior, NE $77,025

Sutton, NE $77,103 Trumbull, NE $77,043 Upland, NE $76,914 Bellwood, NE $77,268 Mc Cook, NE $76,983 Bartley, NE $76,842 Benkelman, NE $76,821 Cambridge, NE $76,901

Champion, NE $76,940 Culbertson, NE $76,847 Curtis, NE $76,882 Danbury, NE $76,804 Enders, NE $76,753 Eustis, NE $76,889 Farnam, NE $76,814 Haigler, NE $76,827

Hayes Center, NE $76,767 Imperial, NE $76,954 Indianola, NE $76,872 Lebanon, NE $76,811 Max, NE $76,763 Maywood, NE $76,809 Moorefield, NE $76,781 Palisade, NE $76,821

Parks, NE $76,710 Stockville, NE $76,653 Stratton, NE $76,792 Trenton, NE $76,837 Wauneta, NE $76,812 Wilsonville, NE $76,793 North Platte, NE $77,043 Arnold, NE $76,831

Arthur, NE $76,593 Big Springs, NE $76,902 Brady, NE $76,855 Broadwater, NE $76,676 Brule, NE $76,884 Bushnell, NE $77,147 Chappell, NE $76,953 Cozad, NE $77,013

Dalton, NE $76,725 Dickens, NE $76,717 Dix, NE $76,864 Elsie, NE $76,744 Elsmere, NE $76,615 Gothenburg, NE $76,972 Grant, NE $76,958 Abie, NE $77,533

Arlington, NE $78,315 Ashland, NE $77,851 Bancroft, NE $77,006 Bellevue, NE $78,796 Bennington, NE $78,692 Blair, NE $78,467 Boys Town, NE $78,786 Bruno, NE $77,515

Cedar Bluffs, NE $77,785 Cedar Creek, NE $78,486 Ceresco, NE $77,448 Colon, NE $77,768 Craig, NE $77,282 Decatur, NE $77,045 Elkhorn, NE $78,628 Fort Calhoun, NE $78,708

Fremont, NE $78,087 Gretna, NE $78,362 Herman, NE $78,178 Homer, NE $75,487 Hooper, NE $77,912 Ithaca, NE $77,677 Kennard, NE $78,538 Linwood, NE $77,283

Louisville, NE $78,308 Lyons, NE $77,094 Macy, NE $76,331 Malmo, NE $77,625 Mead, NE $77,951 Memphis, NE $77,765 Hallam, NE $77,361 Hebron, NE $77,054

Henderson, NE $77,160 Hickman, NE $77,376 Hubbell, NE $76,930 Humboldt, NE $77,082 Jansen, NE $77,096 Johnson, NE $77,237 Julian, NE $77,398 Lewiston, NE $77,146

Liberty, NE $76,982 Lorton, NE $77,671 Mc Cool Junction, NE $77,190 Malcolm, NE $77,382 Manley, NE $78,005 Martell, NE $77,371 Milford, NE $77,363 Milligan, NE $77,112

Murdock, NE $77,759 Murray, NE $78,291 Nebraska City, NE $77,506 Nehawka, NE $78,028 Nemaha, NE $77,102 Odell, NE $77,055 Ohiowa, NE $77,064 Otoe, NE $77,655

Palmyra, NE $77,431 Panama, NE $77,386 Pawnee City, NE $77,043 Peru, NE $77,317 Pickrell, NE $77,346 Pleasant Dale, NE $77,374 Plymouth, NE $77,151 Raymond, NE $77,386

Reynolds, NE $76,941 Roca, NE $77,380 Rulo, NE $76,981 Salem, NE $76,935 Seward, NE $77,374 Shickley, NE $77,048 Shubert, NE $77,033 Sprague, NE $77,372

Staplehurst, NE $77,384 Steele City, NE $76,986 Steinauer, NE $77,062 Stella, NE $77,078 Sterling, NE $77,400 Strang, NE $77,016 Swanton, NE $77,245 Syracuse, NE $77,542

Table Rock, NE $77,103 Talmage, NE $77,283 Tecumseh, NE $77,279 Ong, NE $77,006 Tobias, NE $77,064 Unadilla, NE $77,488 Union, NE $78,067 Utica, NE $77,288

Verdon, NE $77,039 Virginia, NE $77,098 Waco, NE $77,158 Walton, NE $77,390 Waverly, NE $77,431 Weeping Water, NE $77,945 Western, NE $77,230 Wilber, NE $77,284

Wymore, NE $77,125 York, NE $77,284 Lincoln, NE $77,375 Nickerson, NE $78,101 Oakland, NE $77,262 Papillion, NE $78,776 Pender, NE $76,788 Plattsmouth, NE $78,523

Prague, NE $77,570 Rosalie, NE $76,598 St Columbans, NE $78,796 Scribner, NE $77,319 South Bend, NE $78,081 Springfield, NE $78,507 Tekamah, NE $77,651 Thurston, NE $76,001

Uehling, NE $77,515 Valley, NE $78,390 Valparaiso, NE $77,423 Wahoo, NE $77,639 Walthill, NE $76,131 Washington, NE $78,631 Waterloo, NE $78,447 Weston, NE $77,524

Winnebago, NE $75,715 Winslow, NE $77,972 Yutan, NE $78,162 Omaha, NE $78,802 Brainard, NE $77,455 Cedar Rapids, NE $77,055 Clarks, NE $77,098 Clarkson, NE $77,217

Creston, NE $77,241 David City, NE $77,457 Dodge, NE $77,252 Duncan, NE $77,349 Dwight, NE $77,415 Elgin, NE $77,119 Ericson, NE $76,933 Fullerton, NE $77,126

Genoa, NE $77,171 Howells, NE $77,225 Humphrey, NE $77,255 Leigh, NE $77,230 Lindsay, NE $77,199 Monroe, NE $77,183 Morse Bluff, NE $77,367 North Bend, NE $77,408

Osceola, NE $77,180 Petersburg, NE $77,101 Platte Center, NE $77,231 Polk, NE $77,131 Primrose, NE $77,040 Rising City, NE $77,215 Rogers, NE $77,233 Saint Edward, NE $77,156

Schuyler, NE $77,399 Shelby, NE $77,214 Silver Creek, NE $77,120 Snyder, NE $77,592 Spalding, NE $77,029 Stromsburg, NE $77,204 Surprise, NE $77,394 Ulysses, NE $77,397

Norfolk, NE $77,526 Allen, NE $75,923 Amelia, NE $76,807 Atkinson, NE $76,958 Bassett, NE $76,822 Battle Creek, NE $77,367 Beemer, NE $77,170 Belden, NE $76,914

Gurley, NE $76,835 Columbus, NE $77,409 Albion, NE $77,164 Ames, NE $77,834 Bartlett, NE $76,905 Belgrade, NE $77,035 Bloomfield, NE $77,104 Halsey, NE $76,730

Hershey, NE $76,851 Keystone, NE $76,688 Kimball, NE $77,080 Lemoyne, NE $76,746 Lewellen, NE $76,661 Lisco, NE $76,579 Lodgepole, NE $76,867 Madrid, NE $76,800

Maxwell, NE $76,818 Mullen, NE $76,589 Ogallala, NE $76,982 Oshkosh, NE $76,728 Paxton, NE $76,772 Potter, NE $76,802 Purdum, NE $76,689 Sidney, NE $77,118

Seneca, NE $76,647 Stapleton, NE $76,744 Sutherland, NE $76,807 Thedford, NE $76,683 Tryon, NE $76,624 Venango, NE $76,954 Wallace, NE $76,808 Wellfleet, NE $76,793

Willow Island, NE $76,962 Valentine, NE $76,764 Ainsworth, NE $76,887 Cody, NE $76,589 Crookston, NE $76,718 Johnstown, NE $76,685 Kilgore, NE $76,627 Long Pine, NE $76,870

Merriman, NE $76,535 Nenzel, NE $76,543 Sparks, NE $76,692 Wood Lake, NE $76,654 Alliance, NE $76,812 Angora, NE $76,573 Ashby, NE $76,493 Bayard, NE $76,815

Bingham, NE $76,487 Bridgeport, NE $76,802 Chadron, NE $76,786 Crawford, NE $76,817 Ellsworth, NE $76,475 Gering, NE $77,056 Gordon, NE $76,623 Harrisburg, NE $76,741

Harrison, NE $76,757 Hay Springs, NE $76,700 Hemingford, NE $76,725 Hyannis, NE $76,536 Lakeside, NE $76,487 Lyman, NE $76,978 Mcgrew, NE $77,170 Marsland, NE $76,550

Melbeta, NE $77,295 Minatare, NE $76,874 Mitchell, NE $76,975 Morrill, NE $77,071 Rushville, NE $76,708 Scottsbluff, NE $77,074 Whiteclay, NE $76,596 Whitman, NE $76,470

Whitney, NE $76,632 Verdigre, NE $77,035 Wakefield, NE $76,227 Waterbury, NE $75,679 Wausa, NE $77,162 Wayne, NE $76,965 West Point, NE $77,259 Winnetoon, NE $77,055

Winside, NE $77,064 Wisner, NE $77,106 Wynot, NE $76,781 Grand Island, NE $77,338 Alda, NE $77,171 Amherst, NE $76,943 Anselmo, NE $76,777 Ansley, NE $76,910

Arcadia, NE $76,911 Archer, NE $77,019 Ashton, NE $76,957 Aurora, NE $77,160 Boelus, NE $77,027 Brewster, NE $76,741 Broken Bow, NE $76,981 Burwell, NE $76,899

Cairo, NE $77,068 Bristow, NE $76,889 Brunswick, NE $77,100 Butte, NE $76,938 Carroll, NE $76,941 Center, NE $77,040 Chambers, NE $76,962 Clearwater, NE $77,094

Coleridge, NE $76,868 Concord, NE $76,138 Creighton, NE $77,162 Crofton, NE $77,125 Dakota City, NE $75,297 Dixon, NE $76,176 Emerson, NE $75,886 Emmet, NE $76,959

Ewing, NE $76,992 Fordyce, NE $77,049 Hadar, NE $77,503 Hartington, NE $76,944 Hoskins, NE $77,192 Hubbard, NE $75,529 Inman, NE $77,049 Jackson, NE $75,458

Laurel, NE $76,749 Lynch, NE $76,899 Mclean, NE $77,157 Madison, NE $77,318 Magnet, NE $77,283 Maskell, NE $76,967 Meadow Grove, NE $77,205 Mills, NE $76,693

Naper, NE $76,844 Neligh, NE $77,220 Newcastle, NE $76,156 Newman Grove, NE $77,210 Newport, NE $76,775 Niobrara, NE $77,069 Oakdale, NE $77,171 Oneill, NE $77,069

Orchard, NE $77,079 Osmond, NE $77,210 Page, NE $77,029 Pierce, NE $77,290 Pilger, NE $77,121 Plainview, NE $77,200 Ponca, NE $75,753 Randolph, NE $77,054

Royal, NE $77,050 Saint Helena, NE $76,950 South Sioux City, NE $75,228 Spencer, NE $76,930 Springview, NE $76,758 Stanton, NE $77,282 Stuart, NE $76,919 Tilden, NE $77,231

Callaway, NE $76,865 Central City, NE $77,180 Chapman, NE $77,075 Comstock, NE $76,870 Dannebrog, NE $77,055 Doniphan, NE $77,094 Dunning, NE $76,699 Eddyville, NE $76,827

Elba, NE $76,981 Elm Creek, NE $76,992 Elyria, NE $76,928 Farwell, NE $76,996 Gibbon, NE $77,057 Giltner, NE $77,051 Greeley, NE $76,984 Hampton, NE $77,098

Hazard, NE $76,924 Kearney, NE $77,211 Hordville, NE $77,103 Lexington, NE $77,085 Litchfield, NE $76,913 Loup City, NE $76,990 Marquette, NE $77,097 Mason City, NE $76,863

Merna, NE $76,902 Miller, NE $76,902 North Loup, NE $76,969 Oconto, NE $76,815 Odessa, NE $77,193 Ord, NE $77,024 Overton, NE $76,968 Palmer, NE $77,044

Phillips, NE $77,098 Pleasanton, NE $76,981 Ravenna, NE $77,012 Riverdale, NE $77,005 Rockville, NE $76,933 Saint Libory, NE $77,092 Saint Paul, NE $77,115 Sargent, NE $76,893

Scotia, NE $76,982 Shelton, NE $77,055 Sumner, NE $76,876 Taylor, NE $76,832 Westerville, NE $76,874 Wolbach, NE $76,990 Wood River, NE $77,041 Hastings, NE $77,264

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

Understanding how a Microbiologist'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 May 01, 2026

$70,839

Average $78,122/year

$86,764

$5,903

Average $6,510/month

$7,230

$1,362

Average $1,502/week

$1,669

$34

Average $38/hour

$42

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$86,764	$7,230	$1,669	$42
Average	$78,122	$6,510	$1,502	$38
25th Percentile	$70,839	$5,903	$1,362	$34

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