Nurse practitioner · Lincoln, NE
Nurse practitioner in Lincoln: $4,759/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median nurse practitioner wage in Lincoln at $124,440 a year. About 320 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $100,160 and the 90th is $158,240. Pay ranks 287th-highest of 383 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,759 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 187 miles away, at $5,483 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,759
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$124,440
$100,160 to $158,240
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
320
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
287th of 383
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, nurse practitioner pay of $124,440.
- Taxes$2,852
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$4,759
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $124,440
- Federal income tax
- −$19,113
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,520
- State income tax (NE)
- −$5,592
- Take-home pay
- $90,216
- Effective tax rate
- 27.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$10,370 gross, minus $2,852 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$4,759
Rank every metro for a nurse practitioner
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $5,483/mo.
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Questions
What does a nurse practitioner make in Lincoln?
$124,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 320 nurse practitioner jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a nurse practitioner in Lincoln?
$4,759 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a nurse practitioner keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 187 miles away, leaves $5,483 a month, more than Lincoln.