Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Nebraska are those of general internal medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $230,270. The second highest-paying jobs are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average salary of $216,150.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Nebraska has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Nebraska in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$230,270	$65,660	630
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$216,150	$155,090	400
3	Podiatrists	$207,770	$106,680	120
4	Psychiatrists	$199,600	$74,570	60
5	Chief Executives	$187,730	$104,930	2,640
6	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$178,200	$110,090	30
7	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$178,200	$173,380	120
8	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$155,270	$50,420	90
9	Aerospace Engineers	$136,300	$65,310	100
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$129,160	$80,980	1,160
11	General Dentists	$127,940	$49,820	990
12	Pharmacists	$126,450	$85,230	2,210
13	Financial Managers	$124,310	$76,020	4,880
14	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,940	$79,790	4,220
15	Environmental Science Teachers	$120,990	$61,490	50
16	Physician Assistants	$120,260	$95,950	1,410
17	Optometrists	$120,020	$76,670	290
18	Purchasing Managers	$119,600	$72,420	450
19	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$118,300	$79,350	60
20	Nurse Practitioners	$115,920	$97,000	1,610
21	Database Architects	$109,560	$85,080	550
22	Human Resources Managers	$108,780	$71,860	1,270
23	Natural Sciences Managers	$108,680	$67,650	320
24	Computer Hardware Engineers	$108,640	$81,840	130
25	Software Developers	$106,720	$64,620	7,350
26	Actuaries	$105,920	$77,410	270
27	Nuclear Engineers	$105,850	$87,520	30
28	Sales Managers	$105,290	$59,160	3,130
29	Other Psychologists	$104,690	$26,290	30
30	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$104,160	$61,080	170
31	Transportation Inspectors	$103,790	$52,400	60
32	Public Relations Managers	$103,500	$57,860	520
33	All Other Managers	$103,440	$56,620	3,370
34	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$102,970	$79,330	1,670
35	Lawyers	$102,860	$63,190	3,330
36	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$102,660	$52,890	140
37	Computer Network Architects	$102,640	$65,970	1,140
38	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$102,600	$66,680	1,450
39	Marketing Managers	$102,590	$56,790	1,990
40	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$102,320	$65,110	110
41	Animal Scientists	$101,100	$48,720	140
42	Electrical Engineers	$100,830	$64,120	840
43	Training and Development Managers	$100,720	$69,980	380
44	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$100,690	$63,060	100
45	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$100,270	$57,580	150
46	Chemical Engineers	$99,900	$66,860	100
47	Medical and Health Services Managers	$99,220	$63,940	3,860
48	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$98,590	$45,430	980
49	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$97,880	$50,910	90
50	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$97,830	$77,590	160
51	Industrial Production Managers	$97,760	$62,060	1,610
52	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$97,420	$63,510	380
53	Petroleum Engineers	$97,270	$76,950	120
54	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$97,110	$51,850	80
55	Information Security Analysts	$96,050	$61,670	650
56	Operations Research Analysts	$95,830	$54,270	200
57	Facilities Managers	$95,440	$60,020	980
58	Computer Programmers	$95,350	$51,820	1,150
59	Fundraising Managers	$94,990	$59,930	300
60	Audiologists	$94,580	$66,290	80
61	Administrative Services Managers	$94,510	$59,800	2,410
62	Sales Engineers	$93,960	$61,800	390
63	Air Traffic Controllers	$93,870	$74,360	70
64	Power Plant Operators	$93,800	$80,420	260
65	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$93,740	$60,100	160
66	Embalmers	$93,600	$56,500	50
67	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$93,180	$63,380	660
68	Other Physical Scientists	$93,160	$55,060	50
69	Agricultural Engineers	$92,770	$63,490	50
70	Commercial Pilots	$91,990	$28,740	300
71	Physical Therapists	$90,670	$64,900	1,650
72	Environmental Engineers	$89,100	$54,720	360
73	Engineers, All Other	$87,840	$50,510	440
74	Database Administrators	$87,320	$47,370	560
75	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$86,130	$67,480	60
76	Computer Systems Analysts	$85,190	$58,470	3,450
77	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$85,120	$63,330	2,120
78	Data Scientists	$84,490	$57,680	1,310
79	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$83,990	$35,980	310
80	Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment	$83,900	$47,440	500
81	Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers	$83,710	$56,390	330
82	Occupational Therapists	$83,530	$66,080	1,150
83	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$83,350	$47,570	90
84	Other Media and Communication Equipment Workers	$83,270	$66,250	90
85	Radiation Therapists	$83,140	$48,260	60
86	Industrial Engineers	$82,780	$60,840	1,470
87	Statisticians	$81,990	$50,030	140
88	Veterinarians	$81,430	$40,470	780
89	Construction Managers	$81,070	$58,390	2,760
90	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$80,890	$49,360	1,420
91	Computer Occupations, All Other	$80,870	$46,940	4,120
92	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$80,750	$47,420	1,180
93	Civil Engineers	$80,650	$57,190	1,940
94	Personal Financial Advisors	$80,530	$40,000	1,260
95	Other Biological Scientists	$80,330	$44,820	220
96	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$80,270	$62,780	350
97	Mechanical Engineers	$80,160	$50,380	940
98	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$80,030	$53,510	1,580
99	Landscape Architects	$79,850	$43,610	100
100	Food Scientists and Technologists	$79,700	$50,370	270

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Podiatrists	$207,770
2	Chief Executives	$193,010
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$189,870
4	Aerospace Engineers	$163,360
5	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$155,270
6	General Dentists	$128,190
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$127,000
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$126,800
9	Pharmacists	$125,840
10	Optometrists	$123,360

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$187,820
2	Chief Executives	$187,180
3	Podiatrists	$184,560
4	General Dentists	$172,630
5	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$163,130
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$127,060
7	Pharmacists	$124,460
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$120,360
9	Physicists	$120,150
10	Nuclear Engineers	$114,820

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Nebraska – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$202,890
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$186,100
3	Podiatrists	$184,470
4	General Pediatricians	$173,730
5	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$155,190
6	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$152,890
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$123,150
8	Pharmacists	$122,110
9	Physicists	$120,190
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$119,140

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