Network Engineer Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Network Engineer make in Nebraska?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Network Engineer in Nebraska is $89,769 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $43.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $95,779
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $85,371 to $92,915
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $81,367

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Network Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$92,915	$7,743	$1,787	$45
Average	$89,769	$7,481	$1,726	$43
25th Percentile	$85,371	$7,114	$1,642	$41

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Key Factors That Influence Network Engineer Salaries

A Network Engineer'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 Network Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Network Engineer'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): $75,050
Early Career (1-2 years): $89,538
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $108,313
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $127,282
Expert (over 8 years): $145,737

Levels	Salary
Network E... Level Network Engineer	$75,050
Network E... Level Network Engineer	$89,538
Network E... Level Network Engineer	$108,313
Network E... Level Network Engineer	$127,282
Network E... Level Network Engineer	$145,737

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How Do Network Engineer 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 Network Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $105,501.
California: $105,101.
Massachusetts: $103,700.

District of Columbia $105,501 California $105,101 Massachusetts $103,700 Washington $103,319 New Jersey $103,281 Alaska $103,148 Connecticut $101,833 New York $101,299

Hawaii $99,593 Rhode Island $98,793 Maryland $98,250 Minnesota $97,507 Colorado $97,221 Illinois $97,126 Oregon $96,763 Delaware $96,497

New Hampshire $96,329 Virginia $95,954 Pennsylvania $94,858 Nevada $94,305 North Dakota $94,124 Michigan $93,838 Wisconsin $93,733 Vermont $93,524

Texas $92,942 Maine $92,904 Arizona $92,847 Ohio $92,780 Georgia $91,904 Indiana $91,466 Wyoming $91,380 Utah $91,246

Iowa $91,189 Kansas $90,732 Louisiana $90,598 North Carolina $90,551 Missouri $90,532 Florida $90,160 Montana $89,960 Nebraska $89,769

Kentucky $89,665 South Carolina $89,283 Tennessee $89,045 Idaho $88,950 New Mexico $88,254 Oklahoma $88,102 Alabama $87,540 South Dakota $86,596

Arkansas $86,082 West Virginia $85,805 Mississippi $84,977

Top Paying Cities for Network Engineers

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: $90,208
La Vista: $90,293
Adams: $87,673

Offutt A F B, NE $90,208 La Vista, NE $90,293 Adams, NE $87,673 Alexandria, NE $87,673 Alvo, NE $88,254 Auburn, NE $87,673 Avoca, NE $88,321 Barneston, NE $87,673

Beatrice, NE $87,673 Beaver Crossing, NE $87,673 Bee, NE $87,921 Belvidere, NE $87,673 Benedict, NE $87,673 Bennet, NE $88,502 Blue Springs, NE $87,673 Bradshaw, NE $87,673

Brock, NE $87,673 Brownville, NE $88,359 Bruning, NE $87,673 Burchard, NE $87,673 Burr, NE $87,673 Byron, NE $87,673 Carleton, NE $87,673 Chester, NE $87,673

Clatonia, NE $87,673 Cook, NE $87,673 Cordova, NE $87,673 Cortland, NE $87,921 Crab Orchard, NE $87,673 Crete, NE $88,169 Davenport, NE $87,673 Davey, NE $88,826

Dawson, NE $87,673 Daykin, NE $87,673 Denton, NE $88,912 Deshler, NE $87,673 De Witt, NE $87,673 Diller, NE $87,673 Dorchester, NE $87,759 Douglas, NE $87,835

Du Bois, NE $86,844 Dunbar, NE $88,197 Eagle, NE $88,502 Elk Creek, NE $87,673 Elmwood, NE $88,321 Endicott, NE $87,673 Exeter, NE $87,673 Fairbury, NE $87,673

Fairmont, NE $87,673 Falls City, NE $86,015 Filley, NE $87,673 Firth, NE $88,007 Friend, NE $87,673 Garland, NE $88,416 Geneva, NE $87,673 Gilead, NE $87,673

Goehner, NE $87,673 Grafton, NE $87,673 Greenwood, NE $88,331 Gresham, NE $87,673 Wilcox, NE $87,673 Alma, NE $87,673 Arapahoe, NE $87,673 Atlanta, NE $87,673

Axtell, NE $87,673 Ayr, NE $87,673 Beaver City, NE $87,673 Bertrand, NE $87,673 Bladen, NE $87,673 Bloomington, NE $87,673 Blue Hill, NE $87,673 Campbell, NE $87,673

Clay Center, NE $87,673 Deweese, NE $87,673 Edgar, NE $87,673 Edison, NE $87,673 Elwood, NE $87,673 Fairfield, NE $87,673 Franklin, NE $87,673 Funk, NE $87,673

Glenvil, NE $87,673 Guide Rock, NE $87,673 Hardy, NE $87,673 Harvard, NE $87,673 Heartwell, NE $87,673 Hendley, NE $87,673 Hildreth, NE $87,673 Holbrook, NE $87,673

Holdrege, NE $87,673 Holstein, NE $87,673 Inavale, NE $87,673 Inland, NE $87,673 Juniata, NE $87,673 Kenesaw, NE $87,673 Lawrence, NE $87,673 Loomis, NE $87,673

Minden, NE $87,673 Naponee, NE $87,673 Nelson, NE $87,673 Oak, NE $87,673 Orleans, NE $87,673 Oxford, NE $87,673 Ragan, NE $87,673 Red Cloud, NE $87,673

Republican City, NE $87,673 Riverton, NE $87,673 Roseland, NE $87,673 Ruskin, NE $87,673 Saronville, NE $87,673 Smithfield, NE $87,673 Stamford, NE $87,673 Superior, NE $87,673

Sutton, NE $87,673 Trumbull, NE $87,673 Upland, NE $87,673 Bellwood, NE $87,673 Mc Cook, NE $88,302 Bartley, NE $87,673 Benkelman, NE $94,362 Cambridge, NE $87,673

Champion, NE $92,866 Culbertson, NE $93,247 Curtis, NE $87,673 Danbury, NE $87,673 Enders, NE $92,866 Eustis, NE $87,673 Farnam, NE $87,673 Haigler, NE $94,362

Hayes Center, NE $92,866 Imperial, NE $92,866 Indianola, NE $87,673 Lebanon, NE $87,673 Max, NE $94,362 Maywood, NE $88,302 Moorefield, NE $87,673 Palisade, NE $94,410

Parks, NE $94,362 Stockville, NE $87,673 Stratton, NE $93,838 Trenton, NE $92,962 Wauneta, NE $92,866 Wilsonville, NE $87,673 North Platte, NE $87,225 Arnold, NE $87,673

Arthur, NE $88,931 Big Springs, NE $88,931 Brady, NE $87,673 Broadwater, NE $88,931 Brule, NE $88,931 Bushnell, NE $88,931 Chappell, NE $88,931 Cozad, NE $87,673

Dalton, NE $88,931 Dickens, NE $91,199 Dix, NE $88,931 Elsie, NE $91,199 Elsmere, NE $78,850 Gothenburg, NE $87,673 Grant, NE $91,199 Abie, NE $87,673

Arlington, NE $88,902 Ashland, NE $88,397 Bancroft, NE $84,786 Bellevue, NE $90,293 Bennington, NE $90,046 Blair, NE $89,303 Boys Town, NE $90,293 Bruno, NE $87,673

Cedar Bluffs, NE $88,483 Cedar Creek, NE $89,712 Ceresco, NE $88,416 Colon, NE $88,321 Craig, NE $88,578 Decatur, NE $84,786 Elkhorn, NE $89,884 Fort Calhoun, NE $89,960

Fremont, NE $88,721 Gretna, NE $89,636 Herman, NE $89,055 Homer, NE $85,472 Hooper, NE $89,055 Ithaca, NE $88,254 Kennard, NE $89,464 Linwood, NE $87,673

Louisville, NE $88,645 Lyons, NE $84,786 Macy, NE $84,786 Malmo, NE $88,102 Mead, NE $88,378 Memphis, NE $88,350 Hallam, NE $88,083 Hebron, NE $87,673

Henderson, NE $87,673 Hickman, NE $88,578 Hubbell, NE $87,673 Humboldt, NE $87,673 Jansen, NE $87,673 Johnson, NE $87,673 Julian, NE $87,673 Lewiston, NE $87,673

Liberty, NE $87,673 Lorton, NE $87,968 Mc Cool Junction, NE $87,673 Malcolm, NE $88,912 Manley, NE $88,397 Martell, NE $88,750 Milford, NE $88,254 Milligan, NE $87,673

Murdock, NE $88,321 Murray, NE $88,797 Nebraska City, NE $88,626 Nehawka, NE $88,521 Nemaha, NE $88,359 Odell, NE $87,673 Ohiowa, NE $87,673 Otoe, NE $88,197

Palmyra, NE $88,169 Panama, NE $88,169 Pawnee City, NE $87,673 Peru, NE $88,359 Pickrell, NE $87,673 Pleasant Dale, NE $88,750 Plymouth, NE $87,673 Raymond, NE $88,912

Reynolds, NE $87,673 Roca, NE $88,750 Rulo, NE $88,959 Salem, NE $86,844 Seward, NE $88,007 Shickley, NE $87,673 Shubert, NE $88,359 Sprague, NE $88,578

Staplehurst, NE $87,673 Steele City, NE $87,673 Steinauer, NE $87,673 Stella, NE $87,673 Sterling, NE $87,673 Strang, NE $87,673 Swanton, NE $87,673 Syracuse, NE $87,988

Table Rock, NE $87,673 Talmage, NE $87,673 Tecumseh, NE $87,673 Ong, NE $87,673 Tobias, NE $87,673 Unadilla, NE $87,940 Union, NE $88,607 Utica, NE $87,673

Verdon, NE $87,578 Virginia, NE $87,673 Waco, NE $87,673 Walton, NE $88,750 Waverly, NE $88,826 Weeping Water, NE $88,378 Western, NE $87,673 Wilber, NE $87,673

Wymore, NE $87,673 York, NE $87,673 Lincoln, NE $88,912 Nickerson, NE $89,055 Oakland, NE $86,206 Papillion, NE $90,293 Pender, NE $84,786 Plattsmouth, NE $89,636

Prague, NE $88,007 Rosalie, NE $84,786 St Columbans, NE $90,046 Scribner, NE $89,055 South Bend, NE $88,464 Springfield, NE $89,798 Tekamah, NE $89,055 Thurston, NE $84,786

Uehling, NE $89,055 Valley, NE $88,912 Valparaiso, NE $88,254 Wahoo, NE $88,197 Walthill, NE $84,786 Washington, NE $89,798 Waterloo, NE $89,636 Weston, NE $88,016

Winnebago, NE $85,129 Winslow, NE $89,055 Yutan, NE $88,578 Omaha, NE $90,293 Brainard, NE $87,673 Cedar Rapids, NE $87,673 Clarks, NE $87,673 Clarkson, NE $87,168

Creston, NE $86,225 David City, NE $87,673 Dodge, NE $87,168 Duncan, NE $87,673 Dwight, NE $87,759 Elgin, NE $84,786 Ericson, NE $86,225 Fullerton, NE $87,673

Genoa, NE $87,673 Howells, NE $87,168 Humphrey, NE $86,225 Leigh, NE $86,225 Lindsay, NE $86,225 Monroe, NE $87,673 Morse Bluff, NE $88,264 North Bend, NE $88,226

Osceola, NE $87,673 Petersburg, NE $86,225 Platte Center, NE $87,673 Polk, NE $87,673 Primrose, NE $87,673 Rising City, NE $87,673 Rogers, NE $87,673 Saint Edward, NE $87,673

Schuyler, NE $87,673 Shelby, NE $87,673 Silver Creek, NE $87,673 Snyder, NE $86,920 Spalding, NE $87,673 Stromsburg, NE $87,673 Surprise, NE $87,673 Ulysses, NE $87,673

Norfolk, NE $84,786 Allen, NE $84,843 Amelia, NE $84,786 Atkinson, NE $84,919 Bassett, NE $78,850 Battle Creek, NE $84,786 Beemer, NE $84,786 Belden, NE $84,786

Gurley, NE $88,931 Columbus, NE $87,673 Albion, NE $87,673 Ames, NE $88,597 Bartlett, NE $86,225 Belgrade, NE $87,673 Bloomfield, NE $84,786 Halsey, NE $78,850

Hershey, NE $91,199 Keystone, NE $88,931 Kimball, NE $88,931 Lemoyne, NE $88,931 Lewellen, NE $88,931 Lisco, NE $88,931 Lodgepole, NE $88,931 Madrid, NE $91,199

Maxwell, NE $87,673 Mullen, NE $81,108 Ogallala, NE $88,931 Oshkosh, NE $88,931 Paxton, NE $91,199 Potter, NE $88,931 Purdum, NE $78,850 Sidney, NE $88,931

Seneca, NE $81,108 Stapleton, NE $83,766 Sutherland, NE $91,199 Thedford, NE $78,850 Tryon, NE $83,719 Venango, NE $91,199 Wallace, NE $91,199 Wellfleet, NE $90,027

Willow Island, NE $87,673 Valentine, NE $78,850 Ainsworth, NE $78,850 Cody, NE $81,108 Crookston, NE $78,850 Johnstown, NE $78,850 Kilgore, NE $78,850 Long Pine, NE $78,850

Merriman, NE $83,366 Nenzel, NE $78,850 Sparks, NE $78,850 Wood Lake, NE $78,850 Alliance, NE $88,931 Angora, NE $88,931 Ashby, NE $86,149 Bayard, NE $88,931

Bingham, NE $86,149 Bridgeport, NE $88,931 Chadron, NE $83,366 Crawford, NE $83,366 Ellsworth, NE $86,149 Gering, NE $88,931 Gordon, NE $83,366 Harrisburg, NE $88,931

Harrison, NE $83,366 Hay Springs, NE $83,366 Hemingford, NE $86,149 Hyannis, NE $86,149 Lakeside, NE $86,149 Lyman, NE $88,931 Mcgrew, NE $88,931 Marsland, NE $86,149

Melbeta, NE $88,931 Minatare, NE $88,931 Mitchell, NE $88,931 Morrill, NE $88,931 Rushville, NE $83,366 Scottsbluff, NE $88,931 Whiteclay, NE $83,366 Whitman, NE $81,108

Whitney, NE $83,366 Verdigre, NE $84,786 Wakefield, NE $84,786 Waterbury, NE $85,243 Wausa, NE $84,786 Wayne, NE $84,786 West Point, NE $84,786 Winnetoon, NE $84,786

Winside, NE $84,786 Wisner, NE $84,786 Wynot, NE $84,786 Grand Island, NE $87,673 Alda, NE $87,673 Amherst, NE $87,673 Anselmo, NE $86,225 Ansley, NE $87,673

Arcadia, NE $87,673 Archer, NE $87,673 Ashton, NE $87,673 Aurora, NE $87,673 Boelus, NE $87,673 Brewster, NE $83,766 Broken Bow, NE $87,673 Burwell, NE $86,225

Cairo, NE $87,673 Bristow, NE $84,919 Brunswick, NE $84,786 Butte, NE $82,899 Carroll, NE $84,786 Center, NE $84,786 Chambers, NE $84,786 Clearwater, NE $84,786

Coleridge, NE $84,786 Concord, NE $84,786 Creighton, NE $84,786 Crofton, NE $84,786 Dakota City, NE $85,644 Dixon, NE $84,786 Emerson, NE $84,900 Emmet, NE $84,919

Ewing, NE $84,786 Fordyce, NE $84,786 Hadar, NE $84,786 Hartington, NE $84,786 Hoskins, NE $84,786 Hubbard, NE $85,472 Inman, NE $84,786 Jackson, NE $85,644

Laurel, NE $84,786 Lynch, NE $84,919 Mclean, NE $84,786 Madison, NE $84,786 Magnet, NE $84,786 Maskell, NE $84,786 Meadow Grove, NE $84,786 Mills, NE $78,850

Naper, NE $78,850 Neligh, NE $84,786 Newcastle, NE $84,786 Newman Grove, NE $86,225 Newport, NE $78,850 Niobrara, NE $84,919 Oakdale, NE $84,786 Oneill, NE $84,919

Orchard, NE $84,786 Osmond, NE $84,786 Page, NE $84,786 Pierce, NE $84,786 Pilger, NE $84,786 Plainview, NE $84,786 Ponca, NE $85,300 Randolph, NE $84,786

Royal, NE $84,786 Saint Helena, NE $84,786 South Sioux City, NE $85,644 Spencer, NE $84,919 Springview, NE $78,850 Stanton, NE $84,786 Stuart, NE $82,899 Tilden, NE $84,786

Callaway, NE $87,673 Central City, NE $87,673 Chapman, NE $87,673 Comstock, NE $87,673 Dannebrog, NE $87,673 Doniphan, NE $87,673 Dunning, NE $83,766 Eddyville, NE $87,673

Elba, NE $87,673 Elm Creek, NE $87,673 Elyria, NE $86,225 Farwell, NE $87,673 Gibbon, NE $87,673 Giltner, NE $87,673 Greeley, NE $87,673 Hampton, NE $87,673

Hazard, NE $87,673 Kearney, NE $87,673 Hordville, NE $87,673 Lexington, NE $87,673 Litchfield, NE $87,673 Loup City, NE $87,673 Marquette, NE $87,673 Mason City, NE $87,673

Merna, NE $87,673 Miller, NE $87,673 North Loup, NE $87,673 Oconto, NE $87,673 Odessa, NE $87,673 Ord, NE $87,673 Overton, NE $87,673 Palmer, NE $87,673

Phillips, NE $87,673 Pleasanton, NE $87,673 Ravenna, NE $87,673 Riverdale, NE $87,673 Rockville, NE $87,673 Saint Libory, NE $87,673 Saint Paul, NE $87,673 Sargent, NE $87,673

Scotia, NE $87,673 Shelton, NE $87,673 Sumner, NE $87,673 Taylor, NE $86,225 Westerville, NE $87,673 Wolbach, NE $87,673 Wood River, NE $87,673 Hastings, NE $87,673

Network Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Network Engineer'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

$85,371

Average $89,769/year

$92,915

$7,114

Average $7,481/month

$7,743

$1,642

Average $1,726/week

$1,787

$41

Average $43/hour

$45

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$92,915	$7,743	$1,787	$45
Average	$89,769	$7,481	$1,726	$43
25th Percentile	$85,371	$7,114	$1,642	$41

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