Geophysicist Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Geophysicist make in Nebraska?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Geophysicist in Nebraska is $100,632 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $48.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $115,690
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $91,321 to $108,514
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $82,844

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Geophysicist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$108,514	$9,043	$2,087	$52
Average	$100,632	$8,386	$1,935	$48
25th Percentile	$91,321	$7,610	$1,756	$44

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Key Factors That Influence Geophysicist Salaries

A Geophysicist'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 Geophysicist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Geophysicist'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): $93,678
Early Career (1-2 years): $98,990
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $134,041
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $148,158
Expert (over 8 years): $182,122

Levels	Salary
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$93,678
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$98,990
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$134,041
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$148,158
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$182,122

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

District of Columbia: $118,268.
California: $117,819.
Massachusetts: $116,249.

District of Columbia $118,268 California $117,819 Massachusetts $116,249 Washington $115,822 New Jersey $115,779 Alaska $115,629 Connecticut $114,155 New York $113,557

Hawaii $111,645 Rhode Island $110,748 Maryland $110,139 Minnesota $109,306 Colorado $108,985 Illinois $108,879 Oregon $108,473 Delaware $108,174

New Hampshire $107,986 Virginia $107,565 Pennsylvania $106,336 Nevada $105,717 North Dakota $105,514 Michigan $105,193 Wisconsin $105,076 Vermont $104,841

Texas $104,189 Maine $104,147 Arizona $104,082 Ohio $104,008 Georgia $103,025 Indiana $102,534 Wyoming $102,438 Utah $102,288

Iowa $102,224 Kansas $101,711 Louisiana $101,562 North Carolina $101,508 Missouri $101,487 Florida $101,070 Montana $100,846 Nebraska $100,632

Kentucky $100,515 South Carolina $100,088 Tennessee $99,820 Idaho $99,714 New Mexico $98,934 Oklahoma $98,763 Alabama $98,133 South Dakota $97,075

Arkansas $96,498 West Virginia $96,189 Mississippi $95,259

Top Paying Cities for Geophysicists

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: $101,494
La Vista: $101,493
Adams: $99,672

Offutt A F B, NE $101,494 La Vista, NE $101,493 Adams, NE $99,672 Alexandria, NE $99,219 Alvo, NE $99,857 Auburn, NE $99,535 Avoca, NE $100,082 Barneston, NE $99,654

Beatrice, NE $99,581 Beaver Crossing, NE $99,559 Bee, NE $99,694 Belvidere, NE $99,182 Benedict, NE $99,359 Bennet, NE $99,687 Blue Springs, NE $99,341 Bradshaw, NE $99,321

Brock, NE $99,463 Brownville, NE $99,437 Bruning, NE $99,268 Burchard, NE $99,151 Burr, NE $99,760 Byron, NE $99,082 Carleton, NE $99,195 Chester, NE $99,156

Clatonia, NE $99,637 Cook, NE $99,770 Cordova, NE $99,526 Cortland, NE $99,649 Crab Orchard, NE $99,644 Crete, NE $99,651 Davenport, NE $99,199 Davey, NE $99,690

Dawson, NE $99,180 Daykin, NE $99,300 Denton, NE $99,673 Deshler, NE $99,291 De Witt, NE $99,525 Diller, NE $99,256 Dorchester, NE $99,569 Douglas, NE $99,716

Du Bois, NE $99,120 Dunbar, NE $99,949 Eagle, NE $99,741 Elk Creek, NE $99,342 Elmwood, NE $99,924 Endicott, NE $99,169 Exeter, NE $99,360 Fairbury, NE $99,367

Fairmont, NE $99,332 Falls City, NE $99,352 Filley, NE $99,497 Firth, NE $99,667 Friend, NE $99,528 Garland, NE $99,678 Geneva, NE $99,419 Gilead, NE $99,303

Goehner, NE $99,575 Grafton, NE $99,234 Greenwood, NE $99,904 Gresham, NE $99,401 Wilcox, NE $99,128 Alma, NE $99,161 Arapahoe, NE $99,120 Atlanta, NE $99,553

Axtell, NE $99,187 Ayr, NE $99,184 Beaver City, NE $99,030 Bertrand, NE $99,117 Bladen, NE $99,096 Bloomington, NE $99,021 Blue Hill, NE $99,202 Campbell, NE $99,108

Clay Center, NE $99,280 Deweese, NE $99,166 Edgar, NE $99,186 Edison, NE $98,988 Elwood, NE $99,120 Fairfield, NE $99,206 Franklin, NE $99,144 Funk, NE $99,117

Glenvil, NE $99,204 Guide Rock, NE $99,052 Hardy, NE $99,089 Harvard, NE $99,265 Heartwell, NE $99,128 Hendley, NE $99,004 Hildreth, NE $99,128 Holbrook, NE $99,010

Holdrege, NE $99,275 Holstein, NE $99,154 Inavale, NE $99,007 Inland, NE $99,212 Juniata, NE $99,300 Kenesaw, NE $99,236 Lawrence, NE $99,158 Loomis, NE $99,136

Minden, NE $99,237 Naponee, NE $99,044 Nelson, NE $99,159 Oak, NE $99,164 Orleans, NE $99,060 Oxford, NE $99,091 Ragan, NE $99,123 Red Cloud, NE $99,157

Republican City, NE $99,041 Riverton, NE $98,955 Roseland, NE $99,208 Ruskin, NE $99,144 Saronville, NE $99,204 Smithfield, NE $99,067 Stamford, NE $98,983 Superior, NE $99,219

Sutton, NE $99,320 Trumbull, NE $99,243 Upland, NE $99,077 Bellwood, NE $99,532 Mc Cook, NE $99,166 Bartley, NE $98,984 Benkelman, NE $98,956 Cambridge, NE $99,060

Champion, NE $99,110 Culbertson, NE $98,991 Curtis, NE $99,035 Danbury, NE $98,935 Enders, NE $98,869 Eustis, NE $99,044 Farnam, NE $98,948 Haigler, NE $98,965

Hayes Center, NE $98,887 Imperial, NE $99,128 Indianola, NE $99,023 Lebanon, NE $98,944 Max, NE $98,883 Maywood, NE $98,941 Moorefield, NE $98,905 Palisade, NE $98,956

Parks, NE $98,813 Stockville, NE $98,741 Stratton, NE $98,919 Trenton, NE $98,978 Wauneta, NE $98,945 Wilsonville, NE $98,920 North Platte, NE $99,243 Arnold, NE $98,970

Arthur, NE $98,663 Big Springs, NE $99,061 Brady, NE $99,000 Broadwater, NE $98,770 Brule, NE $99,038 Bushnell, NE $99,376 Chappell, NE $99,126 Cozad, NE $99,204

Dalton, NE $98,833 Dickens, NE $98,823 Dix, NE $99,012 Elsie, NE $98,857 Elsmere, NE $98,691 Gothenburg, NE $99,151 Grant, NE $99,133 Abie, NE $99,874

Arlington, NE $100,881 Ashland, NE $100,283 Bancroft, NE $99,196 Bellevue, NE $101,501 Bennington, NE $101,367 Blair, NE $101,077 Boys Town, NE $101,488 Bruno, NE $99,850

Cedar Bluffs, NE $100,199 Cedar Creek, NE $101,101 Ceresco, NE $99,764 Colon, NE $100,176 Craig, NE $99,550 Decatur, NE $99,245 Elkhorn, NE $101,284 Fort Calhoun, NE $101,387

Fremont, NE $100,587 Gretna, NE $100,942 Herman, NE $100,705 Homer, NE $97,239 Hooper, NE $100,362 Ithaca, NE $100,060 Kennard, NE $101,169 Linwood, NE $99,551

Louisville, NE $100,873 Lyons, NE $99,309 Macy, NE $98,325 Malmo, NE $99,992 Mead, NE $100,412 Memphis, NE $100,173 Hallam, NE $99,652 Hebron, NE $99,256

Henderson, NE $99,393 Hickman, NE $99,672 Hubbell, NE $99,097 Humboldt, NE $99,293 Jansen, NE $99,311 Johnson, NE $99,493 Julian, NE $99,700 Lewiston, NE $99,375

Liberty, NE $99,164 Lorton, NE $100,052 Mc Cool Junction, NE $99,432 Malcolm, NE $99,679 Manley, NE $100,482 Martell, NE $99,666 Milford, NE $99,655 Milligan, NE $99,331

Murdock, NE $100,164 Murray, NE $100,850 Nebraska City, NE $99,839 Nehawka, NE $100,512 Nemaha, NE $99,318 Odell, NE $99,258 Ohiowa, NE $99,270 Otoe, NE $100,031

Palmyra, NE $99,743 Panama, NE $99,685 Pawnee City, NE $99,243 Peru, NE $99,595 Pickrell, NE $99,634 Pleasant Dale, NE $99,669 Plymouth, NE $99,381 Raymond, NE $99,685

Reynolds, NE $99,111 Roca, NE $99,677 Rulo, NE $99,162 Salem, NE $99,104 Seward, NE $99,669 Shickley, NE $99,249 Shubert, NE $99,230 Sprague, NE $99,667

Staplehurst, NE $99,682 Steele City, NE $99,169 Steinauer, NE $99,267 Stella, NE $99,287 Sterling, NE $99,703 Strang, NE $99,208 Swanton, NE $99,503 Syracuse, NE $99,886

Table Rock, NE $99,320 Talmage, NE $99,552 Tecumseh, NE $99,547 Ong, NE $99,195 Tobias, NE $99,270 Unadilla, NE $99,816 Union, NE $100,562 Utica, NE $99,558

Verdon, NE $99,237 Virginia, NE $99,313 Waco, NE $99,391 Walton, NE $99,689 Waverly, NE $99,743 Weeping Water, NE $100,405 Western, NE $99,483 Wilber, NE $99,553

Wymore, NE $99,348 York, NE $99,553 Lincoln, NE $99,671 Nickerson, NE $100,606 Oakland, NE $99,525 Papillion, NE $101,475 Pender, NE $98,915 Plattsmouth, NE $101,149

Prague, NE $99,922 Rosalie, NE $98,669 St Columbans, NE $101,501 Scribner, NE $99,598 South Bend, NE $100,580 Springfield, NE $101,128 Tekamah, NE $100,026 Thurston, NE $97,901

Uehling, NE $99,850 Valley, NE $100,977 Valparaiso, NE $99,732 Wahoo, NE $100,011 Walthill, NE $98,068 Washington, NE $101,288 Waterloo, NE $101,051 Weston, NE $99,862

Winnebago, NE $97,531 Winslow, NE $100,439 Yutan, NE $100,685 Omaha, NE $101,508 Brainard, NE $99,773 Cedar Rapids, NE $99,258 Clarks, NE $99,314 Clarkson, NE $99,467

Creston, NE $99,498 David City, NE $99,776 Dodge, NE $99,512 Duncan, NE $99,637 Dwight, NE $99,722 Elgin, NE $99,341 Ericson, NE $99,102 Fullerton, NE $99,349

Genoa, NE $99,408 Howells, NE $99,478 Humphrey, NE $99,516 Leigh, NE $99,484 Lindsay, NE $99,443 Monroe, NE $99,423 Morse Bluff, NE $99,660 North Bend, NE $99,713

Osceola, NE $99,419 Petersburg, NE $99,317 Platte Center, NE $99,485 Polk, NE $99,356 Primrose, NE $99,238 Rising City, NE $99,464 Rogers, NE $99,487 Saint Edward, NE $99,388

Schuyler, NE $99,702 Shelby, NE $99,463 Silver Creek, NE $99,342 Snyder, NE $99,950 Spalding, NE $99,224 Stromsburg, NE $99,450 Surprise, NE $99,694 Ulysses, NE $99,699

Norfolk, NE $99,864 Allen, NE $97,801 Amelia, NE $98,938 Atkinson, NE $99,134 Bassett, NE $98,958 Battle Creek, NE $99,660 Beemer, NE $99,406 Belden, NE $99,076

Gurley, NE $98,974 Columbus, NE $99,714 Albion, NE $99,399 Ames, NE $100,262 Bartlett, NE $99,065 Belgrade, NE $99,232 Bloomfield, NE $99,322 Halsey, NE $98,840

Hershey, NE $98,996 Keystone, NE $98,785 Kimball, NE $99,291 Lemoyne, NE $98,860 Lewellen, NE $98,751 Lisco, NE $98,644 Lodgepole, NE $99,016 Madrid, NE $98,930

Maxwell, NE $98,953 Mullen, NE $98,658 Ogallala, NE $99,164 Oshkosh, NE $98,837 Paxton, NE $98,893 Potter, NE $98,933 Purdum, NE $98,786 Sidney, NE $99,340

Seneca, NE $98,733 Stapleton, NE $98,857 Sutherland, NE $98,938 Thedford, NE $98,779 Tryon, NE $98,703 Venango, NE $99,128 Wallace, NE $98,940 Wellfleet, NE $98,920

Willow Island, NE $99,138 Valentine, NE $98,884 Ainsworth, NE $99,042 Cody, NE $98,657 Crookston, NE $98,824 Johnstown, NE $98,781 Kilgore, NE $98,707 Long Pine, NE $99,019

Merriman, NE $98,589 Nenzel, NE $98,599 Sparks, NE $98,791 Wood Lake, NE $98,742 Alliance, NE $98,946 Angora, NE $98,637 Ashby, NE $98,534 Bayard, NE $98,949

Bingham, NE $98,526 Bridgeport, NE $98,933 Chadron, NE $98,911 Crawford, NE $98,951 Ellsworth, NE $98,511 Gering, NE $99,260 Gordon, NE $98,702 Harrisburg, NE $98,854

Harrison, NE $98,874 Hay Springs, NE $98,801 Hemingford, NE $98,833 Hyannis, NE $98,590 Lakeside, NE $98,527 Lyman, NE $99,159 Mcgrew, NE $99,406 Marsland, NE $98,607

Melbeta, NE $99,567 Minatare, NE $99,025 Mitchell, NE $99,155 Morrill, NE $99,279 Rushville, NE $98,811 Scottsbluff, NE $99,282 Whiteclay, NE $98,667 Whitman, NE $98,505

Whitney, NE $98,713 Verdigre, NE $99,233 Wakefield, NE $98,192 Waterbury, NE $97,485 Wausa, NE $99,395 Wayne, NE $99,142 West Point, NE $99,520 Winnetoon, NE $99,259

Winside, NE $99,269 Wisner, NE $99,324 Wynot, NE $98,905 Grand Island, NE $99,623 Alda, NE $99,408 Amherst, NE $99,113 Anselmo, NE $98,900 Ansley, NE $99,072

Arcadia, NE $99,073 Archer, NE $99,212 Ashton, NE $99,132 Aurora, NE $99,393 Boelus, NE $99,222 Brewster, NE $98,854 Broken Bow, NE $99,162 Burwell, NE $99,057

Cairo, NE $99,275 Bristow, NE $99,044 Brunswick, NE $99,316 Butte, NE $99,107 Carroll, NE $99,111 Center, NE $99,239 Chambers, NE $99,139 Clearwater, NE $99,309

Coleridge, NE $99,017 Concord, NE $98,077 Creighton, NE $99,395 Crofton, NE $99,348 Dakota City, NE $96,994 Dixon, NE $98,125 Emerson, NE $97,753 Emmet, NE $99,135

Ewing, NE $99,176 Fordyce, NE $99,250 Hadar, NE $99,835 Hartington, NE $99,115 Hoskins, NE $99,435 Hubbard, NE $97,292 Inman, NE $99,250 Jackson, NE $97,201

Laurel, NE $98,863 Lynch, NE $99,058 Mclean, NE $99,389 Madison, NE $99,597 Magnet, NE $99,551 Maskell, NE $99,144 Meadow Grove, NE $99,452 Mills, NE $98,792

Naper, NE $98,986 Neligh, NE $99,471 Newcastle, NE $98,100 Newman Grove, NE $99,457 Newport, NE $98,898 Niobrara, NE $99,277 Oakdale, NE $99,408 Oneill, NE $99,276

Orchard, NE $99,289 Osmond, NE $99,458 Page, NE $99,224 Pierce, NE $99,561 Pilger, NE $99,343 Plainview, NE $99,446 Ponca, NE $97,582 Randolph, NE $99,256

Royal, NE $99,252 Saint Helena, NE $99,123 South Sioux City, NE $96,904 Spencer, NE $99,097 Springview, NE $98,875 Stanton, NE $99,550 Stuart, NE $99,082 Tilden, NE $99,485

Callaway, NE $99,014 Central City, NE $99,419 Chapman, NE $99,284 Comstock, NE $99,019 Dannebrog, NE $99,258 Doniphan, NE $99,309 Dunning, NE $98,799 Eddyville, NE $98,964

Elba, NE $99,162 Elm Creek, NE $99,177 Elyria, NE $99,095 Farwell, NE $99,183 Gibbon, NE $99,261 Giltner, NE $99,253 Greeley, NE $99,167 Hampton, NE $99,314

Hazard, NE $99,089 Kearney, NE $99,459 Hordville, NE $99,320 Lexington, NE $99,297 Litchfield, NE $99,075 Loup City, NE $99,174 Marquette, NE $99,312 Mason City, NE $99,011

Merna, NE $99,061 Miller, NE $99,061 North Loup, NE $99,148 Oconto, NE $98,949 Odessa, NE $99,436 Ord, NE $99,218 Overton, NE $99,146 Palmer, NE $99,244

Phillips, NE $99,314 Pleasanton, NE $99,162 Ravenna, NE $99,203 Riverdale, NE $99,193 Rockville, NE $99,101 Saint Libory, NE $99,306 Saint Paul, NE $99,336 Sargent, NE $99,049

Scotia, NE $99,164 Shelton, NE $99,259 Sumner, NE $99,028 Taylor, NE $98,971 Westerville, NE $99,025 Wolbach, NE $99,174 Wood River, NE $99,240 Hastings, NE $99,528

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

Understanding how a Geophysicist'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

$91,321

Average $100,632/year

$108,514

$7,610

Average $8,386/month

$9,043

$1,756

Average $1,935/week

$2,087

$44

Average $48/hour

$52

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$108,514	$9,043	$2,087	$52
Average	$100,632	$8,386	$1,935	$48
25th Percentile	$91,321	$7,610	$1,756	$44

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