Nurse Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Nurse make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Nurse in Nebraska is $81,451 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $95,967
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $76,031 to $89,049
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $71,096

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Nurse Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$89,049	$7,421	$1,712	$43
Average	$81,451	$6,788	$1,566	$39
25th Percentile	$76,031	$6,336	$1,462	$37

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Key Factors That Influence Nurse Salaries

A Nurse'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 Do Nurse 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 Nurses. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $95,725.
California: $95,362.
Massachusetts: $94,091.

District of Columbia $95,725 California $95,362 Massachusetts $94,091 Washington $93,745 New Jersey $93,711 Alaska $93,590 Connecticut $92,397 New York $91,913

Hawaii $90,365 Rhode Island $89,639 Maryland $89,146 Minnesota $88,472 Colorado $88,212 Illinois $88,126 Oregon $87,797 Delaware $87,555

New Hampshire $87,403 Virginia $87,062 Pennsylvania $86,068 Nevada $85,567 North Dakota $85,402 Michigan $85,143 Wisconsin $85,048 Vermont $84,858

Texas $84,330 Maine $84,296 Arizona $84,244 Ohio $84,183 Georgia $83,388 Indiana $82,990 Wyoming $82,912 Utah $82,791

Iowa $82,739 Kansas $82,324 Louisiana $82,203 North Carolina $82,160 Missouri $82,143 Florida $81,806 Montana $81,624 Nebraska $81,451

Kentucky $81,356 South Carolina $81,010 Tennessee $80,794 Idaho $80,708 New Mexico $80,077 Oklahoma $79,938 Alabama $79,428 South Dakota $78,572

Arkansas $78,105 West Virginia $77,855 Mississippi $77,102

Top Paying Cities for Nurses

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: $82,149
La Vista: $82,148
Adams: $80,674

Offutt A F B, NE $82,149 La Vista, NE $82,148 Adams, NE $80,674 Alexandria, NE $80,307 Alvo, NE $80,824 Auburn, NE $80,563 Avoca, NE $81,006 Barneston, NE $80,659

Beatrice, NE $80,600 Beaver Crossing, NE $80,582 Bee, NE $80,692 Belvidere, NE $80,277 Benedict, NE $80,421 Bennet, NE $80,686 Blue Springs, NE $80,406 Bradshaw, NE $80,390

Brock, NE $80,505 Brownville, NE $80,484 Bruning, NE $80,347 Burchard, NE $80,252 Burr, NE $80,745 Byron, NE $80,197 Carleton, NE $80,288 Chester, NE $80,256

Clatonia, NE $80,645 Cook, NE $80,754 Cordova, NE $80,556 Cortland, NE $80,655 Crab Orchard, NE $80,652 Crete, NE $80,657 Davenport, NE $80,291 Davey, NE $80,689

Dawson, NE $80,275 Daykin, NE $80,373 Denton, NE $80,675 Deshler, NE $80,365 De Witt, NE $80,555 Diller, NE $80,338 Dorchester, NE $80,591 Douglas, NE $80,709

Du Bois, NE $80,227 Dunbar, NE $80,898 Eagle, NE $80,730 Elk Creek, NE $80,407 Elmwood, NE $80,878 Endicott, NE $80,267 Exeter, NE $80,422 Fairbury, NE $80,427

Fairmont, NE $80,399 Falls City, NE $80,415 Filley, NE $80,532 Firth, NE $80,670 Friend, NE $80,557 Garland, NE $80,679 Geneva, NE $80,469 Gilead, NE $80,376

Goehner, NE $80,595 Grafton, NE $80,320 Greenwood, NE $80,862 Gresham, NE $80,454 Wilcox, NE $80,234 Alma, NE $80,261 Arapahoe, NE $80,227 Atlanta, NE $80,578

Axtell, NE $80,281 Ayr, NE $80,279 Beaver City, NE $80,154 Bertrand, NE $80,224 Bladen, NE $80,208 Bloomington, NE $80,147 Blue Hill, NE $80,294 Campbell, NE $80,217

Clay Center, NE $80,357 Deweese, NE $80,264 Edgar, NE $80,281 Edison, NE $80,121 Elwood, NE $80,227 Fairfield, NE $80,297 Franklin, NE $80,247 Funk, NE $80,224

Glenvil, NE $80,295 Guide Rock, NE $80,173 Hardy, NE $80,202 Harvard, NE $80,345 Heartwell, NE $80,234 Hendley, NE $80,134 Hildreth, NE $80,234 Holbrook, NE $80,138

Holdrege, NE $80,352 Holstein, NE $80,255 Inavale, NE $80,135 Inland, NE $80,301 Juniata, NE $80,373 Kenesaw, NE $80,321 Lawrence, NE $80,258 Loomis, NE $80,240

Minden, NE $80,322 Naponee, NE $80,166 Nelson, NE $80,259 Oak, NE $80,262 Orleans, NE $80,179 Oxford, NE $80,204 Ragan, NE $80,230 Red Cloud, NE $80,257

Republican City, NE $80,163 Riverton, NE $80,094 Roseland, NE $80,299 Ruskin, NE $80,247 Saronville, NE $80,295 Smithfield, NE $80,185 Stamford, NE $80,116 Superior, NE $80,307

Sutton, NE $80,389 Trumbull, NE $80,326 Upland, NE $80,192 Bellwood, NE $80,561 Mc Cook, NE $80,264 Bartley, NE $80,117 Benkelman, NE $80,095 Cambridge, NE $80,179

Champion, NE $80,219 Culbertson, NE $80,122 Curtis, NE $80,159 Danbury, NE $80,077 Enders, NE $80,024 Eustis, NE $80,166 Farnam, NE $80,088 Haigler, NE $80,102

Hayes Center, NE $80,039 Imperial, NE $80,234 Indianola, NE $80,148 Lebanon, NE $80,084 Max, NE $80,035 Maywood, NE $80,083 Moorefield, NE $80,053 Palisade, NE $80,095

Parks, NE $79,979 Stockville, NE $79,920 Stratton, NE $80,064 Trenton, NE $80,112 Wauneta, NE $80,085 Wilsonville, NE $80,065 North Platte, NE $80,326 Arnold, NE $80,106

Arthur, NE $79,857 Big Springs, NE $80,179 Brady, NE $80,130 Broadwater, NE $79,944 Brule, NE $80,160 Bushnell, NE $80,434 Chappell, NE $80,232 Cozad, NE $80,295

Dalton, NE $79,995 Dickens, NE $79,987 Dix, NE $80,140 Elsie, NE $80,014 Elsmere, NE $79,880 Gothenburg, NE $80,252 Grant, NE $80,237 Abie, NE $80,837

Arlington, NE $81,653 Ashland, NE $81,169 Bancroft, NE $80,288 Bellevue, NE $82,154 Bennington, NE $82,046 Blair, NE $81,811 Boys Town, NE $82,144 Bruno, NE $80,818

Cedar Bluffs, NE $81,100 Cedar Creek, NE $81,831 Ceresco, NE $80,748 Colon, NE $81,082 Craig, NE $80,575 Decatur, NE $80,328 Elkhorn, NE $81,979 Fort Calhoun, NE $82,062

Fremont, NE $81,415 Gretna, NE $81,702 Herman, NE $81,510 Homer, NE $78,704 Hooper, NE $81,232 Ithaca, NE $80,988 Kennard, NE $81,885 Linwood, NE $80,576

Louisville, NE $81,646 Lyons, NE $80,380 Macy, NE $79,584 Malmo, NE $80,933 Mead, NE $81,273 Memphis, NE $81,079 Hallam, NE $80,658 Hebron, NE $80,338

Henderson, NE $80,448 Hickman, NE $80,674 Hubbell, NE $80,209 Humboldt, NE $80,367 Jansen, NE $80,382 Johnson, NE $80,529 Julian, NE $80,696 Lewiston, NE $80,434

Liberty, NE $80,262 Lorton, NE $80,982 Mc Cool Junction, NE $80,479 Malcolm, NE $80,680 Manley, NE $81,329 Martell, NE $80,669 Milford, NE $80,660 Milligan, NE $80,398

Murdock, NE $81,073 Murray, NE $81,628 Nebraska City, NE $80,809 Nehawka, NE $81,354 Nemaha, NE $80,388 Odell, NE $80,339 Ohiowa, NE $80,349 Otoe, NE $80,964

Palmyra, NE $80,731 Panama, NE $80,684 Pawnee City, NE $80,326 Peru, NE $80,612 Pickrell, NE $80,643 Pleasant Dale, NE $80,671 Plymouth, NE $80,439 Raymond, NE $80,684

Reynolds, NE $80,220 Roca, NE $80,678 Rulo, NE $80,262 Salem, NE $80,214 Seward, NE $80,671 Shickley, NE $80,332 Shubert, NE $80,316 Sprague, NE $80,670

Staplehurst, NE $80,682 Steele City, NE $80,267 Steinauer, NE $80,346 Stella, NE $80,363 Sterling, NE $80,699 Strang, NE $80,299 Swanton, NE $80,537 Syracuse, NE $80,847

Table Rock, NE $80,389 Talmage, NE $80,577 Tecumseh, NE $80,573 Ong, NE $80,288 Tobias, NE $80,349 Unadilla, NE $80,791 Union, NE $81,394 Utica, NE $80,581

Verdon, NE $80,322 Virginia, NE $80,383 Waco, NE $80,447 Walton, NE $80,688 Waverly, NE $80,731 Weeping Water, NE $81,267 Western, NE $80,521 Wilber, NE $80,578

Wymore, NE $80,412 York, NE $80,578 Lincoln, NE $80,673 Nickerson, NE $81,430 Oakland, NE $80,555 Papillion, NE $82,133 Pender, NE $80,061 Plattsmouth, NE $81,870

Prague, NE $80,876 Rosalie, NE $79,862 St Columbans, NE $82,154 Scribner, NE $80,614 South Bend, NE $81,409 Springfield, NE $81,852 Tekamah, NE $80,960 Thurston, NE $79,241

Uehling, NE $80,818 Valley, NE $81,730 Valparaiso, NE $80,722 Wahoo, NE $80,948 Walthill, NE $79,375 Washington, NE $81,982 Waterloo, NE $81,790 Weston, NE $80,828

Winnebago, NE $78,941 Winslow, NE $81,295 Yutan, NE $81,494 Omaha, NE $82,160 Brainard, NE $80,756 Cedar Rapids, NE $80,339 Clarks, NE $80,384 Clarkson, NE $80,508

Creston, NE $80,533 David City, NE $80,758 Dodge, NE $80,544 Duncan, NE $80,645 Dwight, NE $80,715 Elgin, NE $80,406 Ericson, NE $80,212 Fullerton, NE $80,413

Genoa, NE $80,460 Howells, NE $80,517 Humphrey, NE $80,548 Leigh, NE $80,522 Lindsay, NE $80,489 Monroe, NE $80,473 Morse Bluff, NE $80,664 North Bend, NE $80,707

Osceola, NE $80,469 Petersburg, NE $80,387 Platte Center, NE $80,523 Polk, NE $80,418 Primrose, NE $80,323 Rising City, NE $80,505 Rogers, NE $80,524 Saint Edward, NE $80,444

Schuyler, NE $80,698 Shelby, NE $80,505 Silver Creek, NE $80,407 Snyder, NE $80,899 Spalding, NE $80,312 Stromsburg, NE $80,494 Surprise, NE $80,692 Ulysses, NE $80,696

Norfolk, NE $80,830 Allen, NE $79,159 Amelia, NE $80,080 Atkinson, NE $80,238 Bassett, NE $80,096 Battle Creek, NE $80,664 Beemer, NE $80,459 Belden, NE $80,192

Gurley, NE $80,109 Columbus, NE $80,708 Albion, NE $80,453 Ames, NE $81,151 Bartlett, NE $80,183 Belgrade, NE $80,318 Bloomfield, NE $80,390 Halsey, NE $80,000

Hershey, NE $80,127 Keystone, NE $79,956 Kimball, NE $80,365 Lemoyne, NE $80,017 Lewellen, NE $79,929 Lisco, NE $79,842 Lodgepole, NE $80,143 Madrid, NE $80,073

Maxwell, NE $80,092 Mullen, NE $79,854 Ogallala, NE $80,262 Oshkosh, NE $79,998 Paxton, NE $80,044 Potter, NE $80,076 Purdum, NE $79,957 Sidney, NE $80,405

Seneca, NE $79,914 Stapleton, NE $80,014 Sutherland, NE $80,080 Thedford, NE $79,951 Tryon, NE $79,890 Venango, NE $80,234 Wallace, NE $80,082 Wellfleet, NE $80,065

Willow Island, NE $80,242 Valentine, NE $80,036 Ainsworth, NE $80,164 Cody, NE $79,853 Crookston, NE $79,988 Johnstown, NE $79,953 Kilgore, NE $79,893 Long Pine, NE $80,146

Merriman, NE $79,797 Nenzel, NE $79,805 Sparks, NE $79,961 Wood Lake, NE $79,921 Alliance, NE $80,086 Angora, NE $79,836 Ashby, NE $79,753 Bayard, NE $80,089

Bingham, NE $79,746 Bridgeport, NE $80,076 Chadron, NE $80,058 Crawford, NE $80,090 Ellsworth, NE $79,734 Gering, NE $80,340 Gordon, NE $79,889 Harrisburg, NE $80,012

Harrison, NE $80,028 Hay Springs, NE $79,969 Hemingford, NE $79,995 Hyannis, NE $79,798 Lakeside, NE $79,747 Lyman, NE $80,259 Mcgrew, NE $80,459 Marsland, NE $79,812

Melbeta, NE $80,589 Minatare, NE $80,150 Mitchell, NE $80,256 Morrill, NE $80,356 Rushville, NE $79,977 Scottsbluff, NE $80,358 Whiteclay, NE $79,860 Whitman, NE $79,729

Whitney, NE $79,898 Verdigre, NE $80,319 Wakefield, NE $79,476 Waterbury, NE $78,904 Wausa, NE $80,450 Wayne, NE $80,245 West Point, NE $80,551 Winnetoon, NE $80,339

Winside, NE $80,348 Wisner, NE $80,392 Wynot, NE $80,053 Grand Island, NE $80,634 Alda, NE $80,460 Amherst, NE $80,222 Anselmo, NE $80,049 Ansley, NE $80,188

Arcadia, NE $80,189 Archer, NE $80,301 Ashton, NE $80,237 Aurora, NE $80,448 Boelus, NE $80,310 Brewster, NE $80,012 Broken Bow, NE $80,262 Burwell, NE $80,176

Cairo, NE $80,352 Bristow, NE $80,166 Brunswick, NE $80,386 Butte, NE $80,217 Carroll, NE $80,220 Center, NE $80,324 Chambers, NE $80,243 Clearwater, NE $80,380

Coleridge, NE $80,144 Concord, NE $79,383 Creighton, NE $80,450 Crofton, NE $80,412 Dakota City, NE $78,507 Dixon, NE $79,422 Emerson, NE $79,120 Emmet, NE $80,239

Ewing, NE $80,273 Fordyce, NE $80,332 Hadar, NE $80,806 Hartington, NE $80,224 Hoskins, NE $80,482 Hubbard, NE $78,748 Inman, NE $80,332 Jackson, NE $78,674

Laurel, NE $80,020 Lynch, NE $80,177 Mclean, NE $80,445 Madison, NE $80,613 Magnet, NE $80,576 Maskell, NE $80,247 Meadow Grove, NE $80,496 Mills, NE $79,962

Naper, NE $80,119 Neligh, NE $80,511 Newcastle, NE $79,401 Newman Grove, NE $80,500 Newport, NE $80,047 Niobrara, NE $80,354 Oakdale, NE $80,460 Oneill, NE $80,353

Orchard, NE $80,364 Osmond, NE $80,501 Page, NE $80,312 Pierce, NE $80,584 Pilger, NE $80,408 Plainview, NE $80,491 Ponca, NE $78,982 Randolph, NE $80,338

Royal, NE $80,334 Saint Helena, NE $80,230 South Sioux City, NE $78,434 Spencer, NE $80,209 Springview, NE $80,029 Stanton, NE $80,575 Stuart, NE $80,197 Tilden, NE $80,523

Callaway, NE $80,141 Central City, NE $80,469 Chapman, NE $80,360 Comstock, NE $80,146 Dannebrog, NE $80,339 Doniphan, NE $80,380 Dunning, NE $79,968 Eddyville, NE $80,101

Elba, NE $80,262 Elm Creek, NE $80,274 Elyria, NE $80,207 Farwell, NE $80,278 Gibbon, NE $80,341 Giltner, NE $80,335 Greeley, NE $80,265 Hampton, NE $80,384

Hazard, NE $80,202 Kearney, NE $80,502 Hordville, NE $80,389 Lexington, NE $80,371 Litchfield, NE $80,191 Loup City, NE $80,271 Marquette, NE $80,383 Mason City, NE $80,139

Merna, NE $80,179 Miller, NE $80,179 North Loup, NE $80,249 Oconto, NE $80,089 Odessa, NE $80,483 Ord, NE $80,307 Overton, NE $80,249 Palmer, NE $80,327

Phillips, NE $80,384 Pleasanton, NE $80,262 Ravenna, NE $80,294 Riverdale, NE $80,287 Rockville, NE $80,211 Saint Libory, NE $80,377 Saint Paul, NE $80,402 Sargent, NE $80,170

Scotia, NE $80,262 Shelton, NE $80,339 Sumner, NE $80,153 Taylor, NE $80,107 Westerville, NE $80,150 Wolbach, NE $80,271 Wood River, NE $80,325 Hastings, NE $80,557

Nurse Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Nurse roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 35% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Software & Networking and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 15% above the average. In contrast, Nurse positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Nurse as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Nurse

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Software & Networking	$93,669	$45.0	15%
Biotechnology	$91,633	$44.0	12%
Energy & Utilities	$87,560	$42.0	7%
Insurance	$85,524	$41.0	5%

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

Understanding how a Nurse'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 July 01, 2026

$76,031

Average $81,451/year

$89,049

$6,336

Average $6,788/month

$7,421

$1,462

Average $1,566/week

$1,712

$37

Average $39/hour

$43

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$89,049	$7,421	$1,712	$43
Average	$81,451	$6,788	$1,566	$39
25th Percentile	$76,031	$6,336	$1,462	$37

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