Process Engineer Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Process Engineer make in Nebraska?

As of April 01, 2026, the average salary for a Process Engineer in Nebraska is $96,186 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $46.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $110,039
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $89,462 to $103,437
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $83,341

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Process Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,437	$8,620	$1,989	$50
Average	$96,186	$8,015	$1,850	$46
25th Percentile	$89,462	$7,455	$1,720	$43

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Key Factors That Influence Process Engineer Salaries

A Process 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 Process Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Process 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): $83,455
Early Career (1-2 years): $95,652
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $106,186
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $129,779
Expert (over 8 years): $113,259

Levels	Salary
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$83,455
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$95,652
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$106,186
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$129,779
Process E... Level Process Engineer	$113,259

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

District of Columbia: $113,042.
California: $112,613.
Massachusetts: $111,112.

District of Columbia $113,042 California $112,613 Massachusetts $111,112 Washington $110,704 New Jersey $110,663 Alaska $110,520 Connecticut $109,111 New York $108,539

Hawaii $106,712 Rhode Island $105,854 Maryland $105,272 Minnesota $104,476 Colorado $104,170 Illinois $104,067 Oregon $103,680 Delaware $103,394

New Hampshire $103,214 Virginia $102,812 Pennsylvania $101,638 Nevada $101,045 North Dakota $100,851 Michigan $100,545 Wisconsin $100,433 Vermont $100,208

Texas $99,585 Maine $99,545 Arizona $99,483 Ohio $99,412 Georgia $98,473 Indiana $98,003 Wyoming $97,911 Utah $97,768

Iowa $97,707 Kansas $97,217 Louisiana $97,074 North Carolina $97,023 Missouri $97,002 Florida $96,604 Montana $96,390 Nebraska $96,186

Kentucky $96,073 South Carolina $95,665 Tennessee $95,410 Idaho $95,308 New Mexico $94,562 Oklahoma $94,399 Alabama $93,797 South Dakota $92,786

Arkansas $92,234 West Virginia $91,938 Mississippi $91,050

Top Paying Cities for Process 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: $96,655
La Vista: $96,747
Adams: $93,939

Offutt A F B, NE $96,655 La Vista, NE $96,747 Adams, NE $93,939 Alexandria, NE $93,939 Alvo, NE $94,562 Auburn, NE $93,939 Avoca, NE $94,634 Barneston, NE $93,939

Beatrice, NE $93,939 Beaver Crossing, NE $93,939 Bee, NE $94,205 Belvidere, NE $93,939 Benedict, NE $93,939 Bennet, NE $94,828 Blue Springs, NE $93,939 Bradshaw, NE $93,939

Brock, NE $93,939 Brownville, NE $94,675 Bruning, NE $93,939 Burchard, NE $93,939 Burr, NE $93,939 Byron, NE $93,939 Carleton, NE $93,939 Chester, NE $93,939

Clatonia, NE $93,939 Cook, NE $93,939 Cordova, NE $93,939 Cortland, NE $94,205 Crab Orchard, NE $93,939 Crete, NE $94,470 Davenport, NE $93,939 Davey, NE $95,175

Dawson, NE $93,939 Daykin, NE $93,939 Denton, NE $95,267 Deshler, NE $93,939 De Witt, NE $93,939 Diller, NE $93,939 Dorchester, NE $94,031 Douglas, NE $94,113

Du Bois, NE $93,051 Dunbar, NE $94,501 Eagle, NE $94,828 Elk Creek, NE $93,939 Elmwood, NE $94,634 Endicott, NE $93,939 Exeter, NE $93,939 Fairbury, NE $93,939

Fairmont, NE $93,939 Falls City, NE $92,163 Filley, NE $93,939 Firth, NE $94,297 Friend, NE $93,939 Garland, NE $94,736 Geneva, NE $93,939 Gilead, NE $93,939

Goehner, NE $93,939 Grafton, NE $93,939 Greenwood, NE $94,644 Gresham, NE $93,939 Wilcox, NE $93,939 Alma, NE $93,939 Arapahoe, NE $93,939 Atlanta, NE $93,939

Axtell, NE $93,939 Ayr, NE $93,939 Beaver City, NE $93,939 Bertrand, NE $93,939 Bladen, NE $93,939 Bloomington, NE $93,939 Blue Hill, NE $93,939 Campbell, NE $93,939

Clay Center, NE $93,939 Deweese, NE $93,939 Edgar, NE $93,939 Edison, NE $93,939 Elwood, NE $93,939 Fairfield, NE $93,939 Franklin, NE $93,939 Funk, NE $93,939

Glenvil, NE $93,939 Guide Rock, NE $93,939 Hardy, NE $93,939 Harvard, NE $93,939 Heartwell, NE $93,939 Hendley, NE $93,939 Hildreth, NE $93,939 Holbrook, NE $93,939

Holdrege, NE $93,939 Holstein, NE $93,939 Inavale, NE $93,939 Inland, NE $93,939 Juniata, NE $93,939 Kenesaw, NE $93,939 Lawrence, NE $93,939 Loomis, NE $93,939

Minden, NE $93,939 Naponee, NE $93,939 Nelson, NE $93,939 Oak, NE $93,939 Orleans, NE $93,939 Oxford, NE $93,939 Ragan, NE $93,939 Red Cloud, NE $93,939

Republican City, NE $93,939 Riverton, NE $93,939 Roseland, NE $93,939 Ruskin, NE $93,939 Saronville, NE $93,939 Smithfield, NE $93,939 Stamford, NE $93,939 Superior, NE $93,939

Sutton, NE $93,939 Trumbull, NE $93,939 Upland, NE $93,939 Bellwood, NE $93,939 Mc Cook, NE $94,613 Bartley, NE $93,939 Benkelman, NE $101,107 Cambridge, NE $93,939

Champion, NE $99,504 Culbertson, NE $99,912 Curtis, NE $93,939 Danbury, NE $93,939 Enders, NE $99,504 Eustis, NE $93,939 Farnam, NE $93,939 Haigler, NE $101,107

Hayes Center, NE $99,504 Imperial, NE $99,504 Indianola, NE $93,939 Lebanon, NE $93,939 Max, NE $101,107 Maywood, NE $94,613 Moorefield, NE $93,939 Palisade, NE $101,158

Parks, NE $101,107 Stockville, NE $93,939 Stratton, NE $100,545 Trenton, NE $99,606 Wauneta, NE $99,504 Wilsonville, NE $93,939 North Platte, NE $93,460 Arnold, NE $93,939

Arthur, NE $95,287 Big Springs, NE $95,287 Brady, NE $93,939 Broadwater, NE $95,287 Brule, NE $95,287 Bushnell, NE $95,287 Chappell, NE $95,287 Cozad, NE $93,939

Dalton, NE $95,287 Dickens, NE $97,717 Dix, NE $95,287 Elsie, NE $97,717 Elsmere, NE $84,485 Gothenburg, NE $93,939 Grant, NE $97,717 Abie, NE $93,939

Arlington, NE $95,257 Ashland, NE $94,715 Bancroft, NE $90,846 Bellevue, NE $96,747 Bennington, NE $96,482 Blair, NE $95,685 Boys Town, NE $96,747 Bruno, NE $93,939

Cedar Bluffs, NE $94,807 Cedar Creek, NE $96,124 Ceresco, NE $94,736 Colon, NE $94,634 Craig, NE $94,909 Decatur, NE $90,846 Elkhorn, NE $96,308 Fort Calhoun, NE $96,390

Fremont, NE $95,063 Gretna, NE $96,043 Herman, NE $95,420 Homer, NE $91,581 Hooper, NE $95,420 Ithaca, NE $94,562 Kennard, NE $95,859 Linwood, NE $93,939

Louisville, NE $94,981 Lyons, NE $90,846 Macy, NE $90,846 Malmo, NE $94,399 Mead, NE $94,695 Memphis, NE $94,664 Hallam, NE $94,378 Hebron, NE $93,939

Henderson, NE $93,939 Hickman, NE $94,909 Hubbell, NE $93,939 Humboldt, NE $93,939 Jansen, NE $93,939 Johnson, NE $93,939 Julian, NE $93,939 Lewiston, NE $93,939

Liberty, NE $93,939 Lorton, NE $94,256 Mc Cool Junction, NE $93,939 Malcolm, NE $95,267 Manley, NE $94,715 Martell, NE $95,093 Milford, NE $94,562 Milligan, NE $93,939

Murdock, NE $94,634 Murray, NE $95,144 Nebraska City, NE $94,960 Nehawka, NE $94,848 Nemaha, NE $94,675 Odell, NE $93,939 Ohiowa, NE $93,939 Otoe, NE $94,501

Palmyra, NE $94,470 Panama, NE $94,470 Pawnee City, NE $93,939 Peru, NE $94,675 Pickrell, NE $93,939 Pleasant Dale, NE $95,093 Plymouth, NE $93,939 Raymond, NE $95,267

Reynolds, NE $93,939 Roca, NE $95,093 Rulo, NE $95,318 Salem, NE $93,051 Seward, NE $94,297 Shickley, NE $93,939 Shubert, NE $94,675 Sprague, NE $94,909

Staplehurst, NE $93,939 Steele City, NE $93,939 Steinauer, NE $93,939 Stella, NE $93,939 Sterling, NE $93,939 Strang, NE $93,939 Swanton, NE $93,939 Syracuse, NE $94,276

Table Rock, NE $93,939 Talmage, NE $93,939 Tecumseh, NE $93,939 Ong, NE $93,939 Tobias, NE $93,939 Unadilla, NE $94,225 Union, NE $94,940 Utica, NE $93,939

Verdon, NE $93,837 Virginia, NE $93,939 Waco, NE $93,939 Walton, NE $95,093 Waverly, NE $95,175 Weeping Water, NE $94,695 Western, NE $93,939 Wilber, NE $93,939

Wymore, NE $93,939 York, NE $93,939 Lincoln, NE $95,267 Nickerson, NE $95,420 Oakland, NE $92,367 Papillion, NE $96,747 Pender, NE $90,846 Plattsmouth, NE $96,043

Prague, NE $94,297 Rosalie, NE $90,846 St Columbans, NE $96,482 Scribner, NE $95,420 South Bend, NE $94,787 Springfield, NE $96,216 Tekamah, NE $95,420 Thurston, NE $90,846

Uehling, NE $95,420 Valley, NE $95,267 Valparaiso, NE $94,562 Wahoo, NE $94,501 Walthill, NE $90,846 Washington, NE $96,216 Waterloo, NE $96,043 Weston, NE $94,307

Winnebago, NE $91,213 Winslow, NE $95,420 Yutan, NE $94,909 Omaha, NE $96,747 Brainard, NE $93,939 Cedar Rapids, NE $93,939 Clarks, NE $93,939 Clarkson, NE $93,398

Creston, NE $92,388 David City, NE $93,939 Dodge, NE $93,398 Duncan, NE $93,939 Dwight, NE $94,031 Elgin, NE $90,846 Ericson, NE $92,388 Fullerton, NE $93,939

Genoa, NE $93,939 Howells, NE $93,398 Humphrey, NE $92,388 Leigh, NE $92,388 Lindsay, NE $92,388 Monroe, NE $93,939 Morse Bluff, NE $94,572 North Bend, NE $94,532

Osceola, NE $93,939 Petersburg, NE $92,388 Platte Center, NE $93,939 Polk, NE $93,939 Primrose, NE $93,939 Rising City, NE $93,939 Rogers, NE $93,939 Saint Edward, NE $93,939

Schuyler, NE $93,939 Shelby, NE $93,939 Silver Creek, NE $93,939 Snyder, NE $93,133 Spalding, NE $93,939 Stromsburg, NE $93,939 Surprise, NE $93,939 Ulysses, NE $93,939

Norfolk, NE $90,846 Allen, NE $90,907 Amelia, NE $90,846 Atkinson, NE $90,989 Bassett, NE $84,485 Battle Creek, NE $90,846 Beemer, NE $90,846 Belden, NE $90,846

Gurley, NE $95,287 Columbus, NE $93,939 Albion, NE $93,939 Ames, NE $94,930 Bartlett, NE $92,388 Belgrade, NE $93,939 Bloomfield, NE $90,846 Halsey, NE $84,485

Hershey, NE $97,717 Keystone, NE $95,287 Kimball, NE $95,287 Lemoyne, NE $95,287 Lewellen, NE $95,287 Lisco, NE $95,287 Lodgepole, NE $95,287 Madrid, NE $97,717

Maxwell, NE $93,939 Mullen, NE $86,905 Ogallala, NE $95,287 Oshkosh, NE $95,287 Paxton, NE $97,717 Potter, NE $95,287 Purdum, NE $84,485 Sidney, NE $95,287

Seneca, NE $86,905 Stapleton, NE $89,753 Sutherland, NE $97,717 Thedford, NE $84,485 Tryon, NE $89,702 Venango, NE $97,717 Wallace, NE $97,717 Wellfleet, NE $96,461

Willow Island, NE $93,939 Valentine, NE $84,485 Ainsworth, NE $84,485 Cody, NE $86,905 Crookston, NE $84,485 Johnstown, NE $84,485 Kilgore, NE $84,485 Long Pine, NE $84,485

Merriman, NE $89,325 Nenzel, NE $84,485 Sparks, NE $84,485 Wood Lake, NE $84,485 Alliance, NE $95,287 Angora, NE $95,287 Ashby, NE $92,306 Bayard, NE $95,287

Bingham, NE $92,306 Bridgeport, NE $95,287 Chadron, NE $89,325 Crawford, NE $89,325 Ellsworth, NE $92,306 Gering, NE $95,287 Gordon, NE $89,325 Harrisburg, NE $95,287

Harrison, NE $89,325 Hay Springs, NE $89,325 Hemingford, NE $92,306 Hyannis, NE $92,306 Lakeside, NE $92,306 Lyman, NE $95,287 Mcgrew, NE $95,287 Marsland, NE $92,306

Melbeta, NE $95,287 Minatare, NE $95,287 Mitchell, NE $95,287 Morrill, NE $95,287 Rushville, NE $89,325 Scottsbluff, NE $95,287 Whiteclay, NE $89,325 Whitman, NE $86,905

Whitney, NE $89,325 Verdigre, NE $90,846 Wakefield, NE $90,846 Waterbury, NE $91,336 Wausa, NE $90,846 Wayne, NE $90,846 West Point, NE $90,846 Winnetoon, NE $90,846

Winside, NE $90,846 Wisner, NE $90,846 Wynot, NE $90,846 Grand Island, NE $93,939 Alda, NE $93,939 Amherst, NE $93,939 Anselmo, NE $92,388 Ansley, NE $93,939

Arcadia, NE $93,939 Archer, NE $93,939 Ashton, NE $93,939 Aurora, NE $93,939 Boelus, NE $93,939 Brewster, NE $89,753 Broken Bow, NE $93,939 Burwell, NE $92,388

Cairo, NE $93,939 Bristow, NE $90,989 Brunswick, NE $90,846 Butte, NE $88,824 Carroll, NE $90,846 Center, NE $90,846 Chambers, NE $90,846 Clearwater, NE $90,846

Coleridge, NE $90,846 Concord, NE $90,846 Creighton, NE $90,846 Crofton, NE $90,846 Dakota City, NE $91,765 Dixon, NE $90,846 Emerson, NE $90,968 Emmet, NE $90,989

Ewing, NE $90,846 Fordyce, NE $90,846 Hadar, NE $90,846 Hartington, NE $90,846 Hoskins, NE $90,846 Hubbard, NE $91,581 Inman, NE $90,846 Jackson, NE $91,765

Laurel, NE $90,846 Lynch, NE $90,989 Mclean, NE $90,846 Madison, NE $90,846 Magnet, NE $90,846 Maskell, NE $90,846 Meadow Grove, NE $90,846 Mills, NE $84,485

Naper, NE $84,485 Neligh, NE $90,846 Newcastle, NE $90,846 Newman Grove, NE $92,388 Newport, NE $84,485 Niobrara, NE $90,989 Oakdale, NE $90,846 Oneill, NE $90,989

Orchard, NE $90,846 Osmond, NE $90,846 Page, NE $90,846 Pierce, NE $90,846 Pilger, NE $90,846 Plainview, NE $90,846 Ponca, NE $91,397 Randolph, NE $90,846

Royal, NE $90,846 Saint Helena, NE $90,846 South Sioux City, NE $91,765 Spencer, NE $90,989 Springview, NE $84,485 Stanton, NE $90,846 Stuart, NE $88,824 Tilden, NE $90,846

Callaway, NE $93,939 Central City, NE $93,939 Chapman, NE $93,939 Comstock, NE $93,939 Dannebrog, NE $93,939 Doniphan, NE $93,939 Dunning, NE $89,753 Eddyville, NE $93,939

Elba, NE $93,939 Elm Creek, NE $93,939 Elyria, NE $92,388 Farwell, NE $93,939 Gibbon, NE $93,939 Giltner, NE $93,939 Greeley, NE $93,939 Hampton, NE $93,939

Hazard, NE $93,939 Kearney, NE $93,939 Hordville, NE $93,939 Lexington, NE $93,939 Litchfield, NE $93,939 Loup City, NE $93,939 Marquette, NE $93,939 Mason City, NE $93,939

Merna, NE $93,939 Miller, NE $93,939 North Loup, NE $93,939 Oconto, NE $93,939 Odessa, NE $93,939 Ord, NE $93,939 Overton, NE $93,939 Palmer, NE $93,939

Phillips, NE $93,939 Pleasanton, NE $93,939 Ravenna, NE $93,939 Riverdale, NE $93,939 Rockville, NE $93,939 Saint Libory, NE $93,939 Saint Paul, NE $93,939 Sargent, NE $93,939

Scotia, NE $93,939 Shelton, NE $93,939 Sumner, NE $93,939 Taylor, NE $92,388 Westerville, NE $93,939 Wolbach, NE $93,939 Wood River, NE $93,939 Hastings, NE $93,939

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

Understanding how a Process 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

$89,462

Average $96,186/year

$103,437

$7,455

Average $8,015/month

$8,620

$1,720

Average $1,850/week

$1,989

$43

Average $46/hour

$50

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$103,437	$8,620	$1,989	$50
Average	$96,186	$8,015	$1,850	$46
25th Percentile	$89,462	$7,455	$1,720	$43

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