Registered nurse · Lincoln, NE
Registered nurse in Lincoln: $2,765/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median registered nurse wage in Lincoln at $87,530 a year. About 4,200 registered nurse jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $64,280 and the 90th is $104,010. Pay ranks 153rd-highest of 374 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.3× 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 $2,765 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Ames is the strongest other metro for this job ($2,548 left over a month), and Lincoln still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,765
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$87,530
$64,280 to $104,010
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
4,200
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
153rd of 374
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, registered nurse pay of $87,530.
- Taxes$1,770
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$2,765
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,530
- Federal income tax
- −$10,871
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,696
- State income tax (NE)
- −$3,672
- Take-home pay
- $66,291
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
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
$7,294 gross, minus $1,770 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$2,765
Rank every metro for a registered nurse
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $2,548/mo.
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Questions
What does a registered nurse make in Lincoln?
$87,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,200 registered nurse jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a registered nurse in Lincoln?
$2,765 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 7.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a registered nurse keep more?
Lincoln leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Ames at $2,548 a month.