Computer Operator Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Computer Operator make in Nebraska?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Computer Operator in Nebraska is $47,546 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $23.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $57,314
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $42,952 to $52,659
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $38,770

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Computer Operator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$52,659	$4,388	$1,013	$25
Average	$47,546	$3,962	$914	$23
25th Percentile	$42,952	$3,579	$826	$21

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Key Factors That Influence Computer Operator Salaries

A Computer Operator'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 Computer Operator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Computer Operator'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): $47,170
Early Career (1-2 years): $59,115
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $65,586
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $88,298
Expert (over 8 years): $105,456

Levels	Salary
Computer ... Level Computer Operator	$47,170
Computer ... Level Computer Operator	$59,115
Computer ... Level Computer Operator	$65,586
Computer ... Level Computer Operator	$88,298
Computer ... Level Computer Operator	$105,456

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How Do Computer Operator 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 Computer Operators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $55,879.
California: $55,667.
Massachusetts: $54,925.

District of Columbia $55,879 California $55,667 Massachusetts $54,925 Washington $54,723 New Jersey $54,703 Alaska $54,632 Connecticut $53,935 New York $53,653

Hawaii $52,749 Rhode Island $52,326 Maryland $52,038 Minnesota $51,644 Colorado $51,493 Illinois $51,442 Oregon $51,251 Delaware $51,109

New Hampshire $51,020 Virginia $50,822 Pennsylvania $50,241 Nevada $49,948 North Dakota $49,853 Michigan $49,701 Wisconsin $49,646 Vermont $49,535

Texas $49,227 Maine $49,207 Arizona $49,176 Ohio $49,141 Georgia $48,677 Indiana $48,445 Wyoming $48,399 Utah $48,328

Iowa $48,298 Kansas $48,056 Louisiana $47,985 North Carolina $47,960 Missouri $47,950 Florida $47,753 Montana $47,647 Nebraska $47,546

Kentucky $47,491 South Carolina $47,289 Tennessee $47,163 Idaho $47,112 New Mexico $46,744 Oklahoma $46,663 Alabama $46,365 South Dakota $45,866

Arkansas $45,593 West Virginia $45,447 Mississippi $45,008

Top Paying Cities for Computer Operators

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: $47,953
La Vista: $47,953
Adams: $47,092

Offutt A F B, NE $47,953 La Vista, NE $47,953 Adams, NE $47,092 Alexandria, NE $46,878 Alvo, NE $47,180 Auburn, NE $47,028 Avoca, NE $47,286 Barneston, NE $47,084

Beatrice, NE $47,050 Beaver Crossing, NE $47,039 Bee, NE $47,103 Belvidere, NE $46,861 Benedict, NE $46,945 Bennet, NE $47,100 Blue Springs, NE $46,936 Bradshaw, NE $46,926

Brock, NE $46,994 Brownville, NE $46,981 Bruning, NE $46,902 Burchard, NE $46,846 Burr, NE $47,134 Byron, NE $46,814 Carleton, NE $46,867 Chester, NE $46,849

Clatonia, NE $47,076 Cook, NE $47,139 Cordova, NE $47,023 Cortland, NE $47,081 Crab Orchard, NE $47,079 Crete, NE $47,082 Davenport, NE $46,869 Davey, NE $47,101

Dawson, NE $46,860 Daykin, NE $46,917 Denton, NE $47,093 Deshler, NE $46,912 De Witt, NE $47,023 Diller, NE $46,896 Dorchester, NE $47,044 Douglas, NE $47,113

Du Bois, NE $46,832 Dunbar, NE $47,223 Eagle, NE $47,125 Elk Creek, NE $46,937 Elmwood, NE $47,212 Endicott, NE $46,855 Exeter, NE $46,945 Fairbury, NE $46,948

Fairmont, NE $46,932 Falls City, NE $46,941 Filley, NE $47,010 Firth, NE $47,090 Friend, NE $47,024 Garland, NE $47,096 Geneva, NE $46,973 Gilead, NE $46,918

Goehner, NE $47,047 Grafton, NE $46,886 Greenwood, NE $47,202 Gresham, NE $46,964 Wilcox, NE $46,836 Alma, NE $46,851 Arapahoe, NE $46,832 Atlanta, NE $47,036

Axtell, NE $46,863 Ayr, NE $46,862 Beaver City, NE $46,789 Bertrand, NE $46,830 Bladen, NE $46,820 Bloomington, NE $46,785 Blue Hill, NE $46,870 Campbell, NE $46,826

Clay Center, NE $46,907 Deweese, NE $46,853 Edgar, NE $46,863 Edison, NE $46,769 Elwood, NE $46,832 Fairfield, NE $46,872 Franklin, NE $46,843 Funk, NE $46,830

Glenvil, NE $46,871 Guide Rock, NE $46,800 Hardy, NE $46,817 Harvard, NE $46,900 Heartwell, NE $46,836 Hendley, NE $46,777 Hildreth, NE $46,836 Holbrook, NE $46,780

Holdrege, NE $46,905 Holstein, NE $46,848 Inavale, NE $46,778 Inland, NE $46,875 Juniata, NE $46,917 Kenesaw, NE $46,887 Lawrence, NE $46,850 Loomis, NE $46,839

Minden, NE $46,887 Naponee, NE $46,796 Nelson, NE $46,850 Oak, NE $46,852 Orleans, NE $46,803 Oxford, NE $46,818 Ragan, NE $46,833 Red Cloud, NE $46,849

Republican City, NE $46,794 Riverton, NE $46,754 Roseland, NE $46,873 Ruskin, NE $46,843 Saronville, NE $46,871 Smithfield, NE $46,807 Stamford, NE $46,767 Superior, NE $46,878

Sutton, NE $46,926 Trumbull, NE $46,890 Upland, NE $46,811 Bellwood, NE $47,026 Mc Cook, NE $46,853 Bartley, NE $46,767 Benkelman, NE $46,754 Cambridge, NE $46,803

Champion, NE $46,827 Culbertson, NE $46,770 Curtis, NE $46,792 Danbury, NE $46,744 Enders, NE $46,713 Eustis, NE $46,796 Farnam, NE $46,750 Haigler, NE $46,758

Hayes Center, NE $46,722 Imperial, NE $46,836 Indianola, NE $46,786 Lebanon, NE $46,748 Max, NE $46,720 Maywood, NE $46,747 Moorefield, NE $46,730 Palisade, NE $46,754

Parks, NE $46,687 Stockville, NE $46,652 Stratton, NE $46,737 Trenton, NE $46,764 Wauneta, NE $46,749 Wilsonville, NE $46,737 North Platte, NE $46,890 Arnold, NE $46,761

Arthur, NE $46,616 Big Springs, NE $46,804 Brady, NE $46,775 Broadwater, NE $46,667 Brule, NE $46,793 Bushnell, NE $46,953 Chappell, NE $46,835 Cozad, NE $46,871

Dalton, NE $46,696 Dickens, NE $46,691 Dix, NE $46,781 Elsie, NE $46,707 Elsmere, NE $46,629 Gothenburg, NE $46,846 Grant, NE $46,838 Abie, NE $47,188

Arlington, NE $47,664 Ashland, NE $47,381 Bancroft, NE $46,867 Bellevue, NE $47,956 Bennington, NE $47,893 Blair, NE $47,756 Boys Town, NE $47,950 Bruno, NE $47,177

Cedar Bluffs, NE $47,341 Cedar Creek, NE $47,768 Ceresco, NE $47,136 Colon, NE $47,331 Craig, NE $47,035 Decatur, NE $46,891 Elkhorn, NE $47,854 Fort Calhoun, NE $47,903

Fremont, NE $47,525 Gretna, NE $47,693 Herman, NE $47,581 Homer, NE $45,943 Hooper, NE $47,419 Ithaca, NE $47,276 Kennard, NE $47,800 Linwood, NE $47,035

Louisville, NE $47,660 Lyons, NE $46,921 Macy, NE $46,456 Malmo, NE $47,244 Mead, NE $47,442 Memphis, NE $47,329 Hallam, NE $47,083 Hebron, NE $46,896

Henderson, NE $46,961 Hickman, NE $47,092 Hubbell, NE $46,821 Humboldt, NE $46,913 Jansen, NE $46,922 Johnson, NE $47,008 Julian, NE $47,106 Lewiston, NE $46,952

Liberty, NE $46,852 Lorton, NE $47,272 Mc Cool Junction, NE $46,979 Malcolm, NE $47,096 Manley, NE $47,475 Martell, NE $47,089 Milford, NE $47,084 Milligan, NE $46,931

Murdock, NE $47,325 Murray, NE $47,649 Nebraska City, NE $47,171 Nehawka, NE $47,489 Nemaha, NE $46,925 Odell, NE $46,897 Ohiowa, NE $46,903 Otoe, NE $47,262

Palmyra, NE $47,126 Panama, NE $47,099 Pawnee City, NE $46,890 Peru, NE $47,056 Pickrell, NE $47,074 Pleasant Dale, NE $47,091 Plymouth, NE $46,955 Raymond, NE $47,099

Reynolds, NE $46,828 Roca, NE $47,095 Rulo, NE $46,852 Salem, NE $46,824 Seward, NE $47,091 Shickley, NE $46,893 Shubert, NE $46,884 Sprague, NE $47,090

Staplehurst, NE $47,097 Steele City, NE $46,855 Steinauer, NE $46,901 Stella, NE $46,911 Sterling, NE $47,107 Strang, NE $46,873 Swanton, NE $47,013 Syracuse, NE $47,193

Table Rock, NE $46,926 Talmage, NE $47,036 Tecumseh, NE $47,033 Ong, NE $46,867 Tobias, NE $46,903 Unadilla, NE $47,161 Union, NE $47,513 Utica, NE $47,038

Verdon, NE $46,887 Virginia, NE $46,923 Waco, NE $46,960 Walton, NE $47,101 Waverly, NE $47,126 Weeping Water, NE $47,439 Western, NE $47,003 Wilber, NE $47,036

Wymore, NE $46,940 York, NE $47,036 Lincoln, NE $47,092 Nickerson, NE $47,534 Oakland, NE $47,023 Papillion, NE $47,944 Pender, NE $46,735 Plattsmouth, NE $47,790

Prague, NE $47,211 Rosalie, NE $46,619 St Columbans, NE $47,956 Scribner, NE $47,058 South Bend, NE $47,521 Springfield, NE $47,780 Tekamah, NE $47,260 Thurston, NE $46,256

Uehling, NE $47,177 Valley, NE $47,709 Valparaiso, NE $47,121 Wahoo, NE $47,252 Walthill, NE $46,334 Washington, NE $47,856 Waterloo, NE $47,744 Weston, NE $47,182

Winnebago, NE $46,081 Winslow, NE $47,455 Yutan, NE $47,571 Omaha, NE $47,960 Brainard, NE $47,140 Cedar Rapids, NE $46,897 Clarks, NE $46,923 Clarkson, NE $46,996

Creston, NE $47,010 David City, NE $47,141 Dodge, NE $47,017 Duncan, NE $47,076 Dwight, NE $47,116 Elgin, NE $46,936 Ericson, NE $46,823 Fullerton, NE $46,940

Genoa, NE $46,968 Howells, NE $47,001 Humphrey, NE $47,019 Leigh, NE $47,004 Lindsay, NE $46,984 Monroe, NE $46,975 Morse Bluff, NE $47,087 North Bend, NE $47,112

Osceola, NE $46,973 Petersburg, NE $46,925 Platte Center, NE $47,004 Polk, NE $46,943 Primrose, NE $46,888 Rising City, NE $46,994 Rogers, NE $47,005 Saint Edward, NE $46,958

Schuyler, NE $47,107 Shelby, NE $46,994 Silver Creek, NE $46,937 Snyder, NE $47,224 Spalding, NE $46,881 Stromsburg, NE $46,988 Surprise, NE $47,103 Ulysses, NE $47,105

Norfolk, NE $47,183 Allen, NE $46,208 Amelia, NE $46,746 Atkinson, NE $46,838 Bassett, NE $46,755 Battle Creek, NE $47,087 Beemer, NE $46,967 Belden, NE $46,811

Gurley, NE $46,763 Columbus, NE $47,112 Albion, NE $46,963 Ames, NE $47,371 Bartlett, NE $46,806 Belgrade, NE $46,885 Bloomfield, NE $46,927 Halsey, NE $46,699

Hershey, NE $46,773 Keystone, NE $46,674 Kimball, NE $46,912 Lemoyne, NE $46,709 Lewellen, NE $46,657 Lisco, NE $46,607 Lodgepole, NE $46,783 Madrid, NE $46,742

Maxwell, NE $46,753 Mullen, NE $46,614 Ogallala, NE $46,852 Oshkosh, NE $46,698 Paxton, NE $46,725 Potter, NE $46,743 Purdum, NE $46,674 Sidney, NE $46,936

Seneca, NE $46,649 Stapleton, NE $46,707 Sutherland, NE $46,746 Thedford, NE $46,671 Tryon, NE $46,635 Venango, NE $46,836 Wallace, NE $46,747 Wellfleet, NE $46,737

Willow Island, NE $46,840 Valentine, NE $46,720 Ainsworth, NE $46,795 Cody, NE $46,613 Crookston, NE $46,692 Johnstown, NE $46,672 Kilgore, NE $46,637 Long Pine, NE $46,784

Merriman, NE $46,581 Nenzel, NE $46,585 Sparks, NE $46,676 Wood Lake, NE $46,653 Alliance, NE $46,749 Angora, NE $46,603 Ashby, NE $46,555 Bayard, NE $46,751

Bingham, NE $46,551 Bridgeport, NE $46,743 Chadron, NE $46,733 Crawford, NE $46,752 Ellsworth, NE $46,544 Gering, NE $46,898 Gordon, NE $46,634 Harrisburg, NE $46,706

Harrison, NE $46,715 Hay Springs, NE $46,681 Hemingford, NE $46,696 Hyannis, NE $46,581 Lakeside, NE $46,551 Lyman, NE $46,850 Mcgrew, NE $46,967 Marsland, NE $46,589

Melbeta, NE $47,043 Minatare, NE $46,787 Mitchell, NE $46,848 Morrill, NE $46,907 Rushville, NE $46,686 Scottsbluff, NE $46,908 Whiteclay, NE $46,618 Whitman, NE $46,541

Whitney, NE $46,639 Verdigre, NE $46,885 Wakefield, NE $46,393 Waterbury, NE $46,059 Wausa, NE $46,962 Wayne, NE $46,842 West Point, NE $47,021 Winnetoon, NE $46,897

Winside, NE $46,902 Wisner, NE $46,928 Wynot, NE $46,730 Grand Island, NE $47,069 Alda, NE $46,968 Amherst, NE $46,829 Anselmo, NE $46,728 Ansley, NE $46,809

Arcadia, NE $46,809 Archer, NE $46,875 Ashton, NE $46,837 Aurora, NE $46,961 Boelus, NE $46,880 Brewster, NE $46,706 Broken Bow, NE $46,852 Burwell, NE $46,802

Cairo, NE $46,905 Bristow, NE $46,796 Brunswick, NE $46,924 Butte, NE $46,825 Carroll, NE $46,828 Center, NE $46,888 Chambers, NE $46,841 Clearwater, NE $46,921

Coleridge, NE $46,783 Concord, NE $46,339 Creighton, NE $46,962 Crofton, NE $46,940 Dakota City, NE $45,827 Dixon, NE $46,362 Emerson, NE $46,186 Emmet, NE $46,839

Ewing, NE $46,858 Fordyce, NE $46,893 Hadar, NE $47,170 Hartington, NE $46,830 Hoskins, NE $46,980 Hubbard, NE $45,968 Inman, NE $46,893 Jackson, NE $45,925

Laurel, NE $46,710 Lynch, NE $46,802 Mclean, NE $46,959 Madison, NE $47,057 Magnet, NE $47,035 Maskell, NE $46,843 Meadow Grove, NE $46,989 Mills, NE $46,677

Naper, NE $46,768 Neligh, NE $46,998 Newcastle, NE $46,350 Newman Grove, NE $46,991 Newport, NE $46,727 Niobrara, NE $46,906 Oakdale, NE $46,968 Oneill, NE $46,905

Orchard, NE $46,911 Osmond, NE $46,992 Page, NE $46,881 Pierce, NE $47,040 Pilger, NE $46,937 Plainview, NE $46,985 Ponca, NE $46,105 Randolph, NE $46,896

Royal, NE $46,894 Saint Helena, NE $46,833 South Sioux City, NE $45,785 Spencer, NE $46,821 Springview, NE $46,716 Stanton, NE $47,035 Stuart, NE $46,814 Tilden, NE $47,004

Callaway, NE $46,782 Central City, NE $46,973 Chapman, NE $46,909 Comstock, NE $46,784 Dannebrog, NE $46,897 Doniphan, NE $46,921 Dunning, NE $46,680 Eddyville, NE $46,758

Elba, NE $46,852 Elm Creek, NE $46,859 Elyria, NE $46,820 Farwell, NE $46,861 Gibbon, NE $46,898 Giltner, NE $46,895 Greeley, NE $46,854 Hampton, NE $46,923

Hazard, NE $46,817 Kearney, NE $46,992 Hordville, NE $46,926 Lexington, NE $46,915 Litchfield, NE $46,810 Loup City, NE $46,857 Marquette, NE $46,922 Mason City, NE $46,780

Merna, NE $46,804 Miller, NE $46,804 North Loup, NE $46,845 Oconto, NE $46,751 Odessa, NE $46,981 Ord, NE $46,878 Overton, NE $46,844 Palmer, NE $46,890

Phillips, NE $46,923 Pleasanton, NE $46,852 Ravenna, NE $46,871 Riverdale, NE $46,866 Rockville, NE $46,822 Saint Libory, NE $46,919 Saint Paul, NE $46,934 Sargent, NE $46,798

Scotia, NE $46,852 Shelton, NE $46,897 Sumner, NE $46,788 Taylor, NE $46,761 Westerville, NE $46,787 Wolbach, NE $46,857 Wood River, NE $46,889 Hastings, NE $47,024

Computer Operator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Computer Operator'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

$42,952

Average $47,546/year

$52,659

$3,579

Average $3,962/month

$4,388

$826

Average $914/week

$1,013

$21

Average $23/hour

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	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$52,659	$4,388	$1,013	$25
Average	$47,546	$3,962	$914	$23
25th Percentile	$42,952	$3,579	$826	$21

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