Nebraska
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Nebraska cut its top rate to 4.55% for 2026 after an $8,850 single / $17,700 joint standard deduction and a small exemption credit. A scheduled march toward 3.99% is not applied early. Omaha and Lincoln do not add a city wage tax in this file.
The graduated schedule still matters at lower incomes even though the top rate is moderate. A traditional 401(k) reduces the Nebraska base; FICA does not. When comparing Nebraska with Iowa’s new flat 3.8%, run both at the same salary — the federal lines match, and the state gap is smaller than older rate tables suggested.
Agricultural and pass-through quirks are outside this W-2-style estimate. Treat the result as an educational paycheck range, not a filed Nebraska return.
Example take-home
| Salary | Federal | FICA | State | Payroll | Local | Net / year | Net / check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000.00 | $2,620.00 | $3,060.00 | $940.46 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $33,379.54 | $1,283.83 |
| $60,000.00 | $5,020.00 | $4,590.00 | $1,850.46 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $48,539.54 | $1,866.90 |
| $80,000.00 | $8,770.00 | $6,120.00 | $2,760.46 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $62,349.54 | $2,398.05 |
| $100,000.00 | $13,170.00 | $7,650.00 | $3,670.46 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $75,509.54 | $2,904.21 |
| $150,000.00 | $24,734.00 | $11,475.00 | $5,945.46 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $107,845.54 | $4,147.91 |
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What this page includes
- Federal income tax using the 2026 standard deduction and Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets
- Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500) and Medicare (1.45%, plus Additional Medicare when wages clear the filing-status threshold)
- Nebraska: graduated state income tax (top 4.55%)
- No employee state disability / paid-leave premium modeled for this state yet
- Local wage tax only if you select a city/county or enter a custom percent
Local tax
Nebraska does not have a local wage tax in this file. City costs show up in rent and sales tax, not as a second income-tax line on the stub.
What is not included
Credits, itemized deductions, multi-state credits, property tax, sales tax, and unsourced local rates are not included. Employer payroll tables can differ from this annualized estimate. This Nebraska page does not invent taxes that are missing from the 2026 data files.
Questions
What is Nebraska’s top rate in this file?
4.55% on the highest slice after the standard deduction and exemption credit for 2026.
Is the future 3.99% rate used already?
No. Scheduled lower rates are not applied early; this estimate stays on the 2026 published top of 4.55%.
Does Omaha add a local wage tax here?
Not in this model. Leave local off unless you have a real local percent to enter.
Nearby
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Sources
- IRS newsroom, tax year 2026 inflation adjustments (Rev. Proc. 2025-32)
- Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (PDF)
- Tax Foundation, 2026 federal income tax brackets
- IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods
- SSA, Contribution and benefit base
- IRS Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide
- IRS, Questions and answers for the Additional Medicare Tax
- Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026
- IRS, state government websites index
See a rate that looks wrong? The sources and the gaps are public.