School district · Nebraska · LEAID 3174820
Omaha Public Schools
Omaha Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (51,754 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Omaha Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $74,787
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $18,493
- Per-pupil spending
- 51,754
- Students enrolled
- 95th
- Pct. in NE
Well above benchmark
Omaha Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (51,754 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $74,787, above the national average of $70,245, serving 51,754 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Large enrollment scale: Omaha Public Schools is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (51,754 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
- 95th percentile for Nebraska
- 67th percentile nationally
- 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
- Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
- Omaha Public Schools ranks #11 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #119 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
- +3.5% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median
Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Omaha Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 28.2% into other programs , 20.9 points above the state median of 7.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | Omaha Public | NE median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 60.1% | 80.7% | -20.7 pp |
| Special education | 11.6% | 11.8% | -0.1 pp |
| Other programs | 28.2% | 7.4% | +20.9 pp |
Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3174820 · FY2023.
LEAID 3174820 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Omaha Public F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $74,787 estimated average teacher salary · P95 in Nebraska · P67 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Fremont ($234est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Omaha Public
Salary neighbourhood · Omaha Public
Omaha Public already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).
- Schuyler · low pole
Schuyler · low pole
$58,673 est. salary
- Columbus · near
Columbus · near
$73,317 est. salary
- Fremont · near
Fremont · near
$74,552 est. salary
- Omaha · this district
Omaha · this district
$74,787 est. salary
- Kearney · near
Kearney · near
$77,304 est. salary
- Bellevue · top pay
Bellevue · top pay
$84,745 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Omaha Public
Omaha Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$74,787 Top 33% higher than 67% of 10,684 US districts
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023
Omaha Public in Nebraska's upper-third pay band
Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs
Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs
$90,446 est. avg salary
- Omaha Public Schools
Omaha Public Schools
$74,787 est. avg salary
- Laurel-concord-coleridge School
Laurel-concord-coleridge School
$57,969 est. avg salary
What this shows Omaha Public Schools ranks #11 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #119 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Omaha Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Laurel-concord-coleridge School
Laurel-concord-coleridge School
$62,234 per pupil
- Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs
Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs
$37,474 per pupil
- Omaha Public Schools $18,493
Omaha Public Schools
$18,493 per pupil
What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.
What stands out about Omaha Public Schools
- Estimated teacher pay here moved +3.5% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 5.6 points, a growth rate faster than 25% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- With 51,754 students, it is the 79th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
- Its total annual revenue of $932M puts it among just 82 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.
Scale composition for Omaha Public Schools
Omaha Public Schools enrolls 51,754 students (0.11% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $932M, putting it among 82 districts at this budget scale or larger.
Reported teacher FTE is 3,194, about 16.2 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 40 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 47th densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place Omaha Public Schools among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.
Instructional salaries take 35% of total expenditure on a $957M budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.
Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):
| District | Enrollment | Est. avg salary | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile County · Alabama | 51,979 | $63,845 | $793M |
| Clayton County · Georgia | 52,186 | $68,211 | $836M |
| Seattle School District No. 1 · Washington | 51,238 | $111,621 | $1.40B |
| Manatee · Florida | 51,234 | $53,957 | $814M |
| Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah · Colorado | 52,392 | $100,672 | $926M |
This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests
- Nominal district estimate
- $74,786.575
- Nebraska price level
- 90.3 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $82,831
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+11% versus the nominal figure.
Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.
Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Nebraska compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.
How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Omaha Public Schools
What the Numbers Say About Omaha Public Schools
Omaha Public Schools is a large urban school district in Nebraska, serving 51,754 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,493. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $74,787, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3174820 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Omaha Public Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 18.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 95% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.
On the budget side, Omaha Public Schools reports $957.1M in total expenditure against $931.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $143.6M, special-education teacher pay is $27.8M.
How does Omaha Public Schools compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Nebraska average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Omaha Public Schools pays +16.1% more than Lincoln Public Schools · per-pupil $18,493 vs $14,839
Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.
Data-derived comparison paths
Find comparable Nebraska districts
On pay, Omaha Public Schools sits closest to Millard Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Lincoln Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
Out-of-state districts near Omaha Public Schools's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Omaha Public Schools: closest on enrollment (51,754 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($74,787 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.
Similar enrollment
Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).
Similar estimated salary
Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.
Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.
Revenue & Expenditure
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Omaha Public Schools: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 72% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 28% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.
Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview
The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Omaha Public Schools sits in the upper quarter of that field at 10 of 90, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.
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Large-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.
This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.
Frequently Asked Questions about Omaha Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Omaha Public Schools?
The average teacher salary in Omaha Public Schools is $74,787 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).
How does Omaha Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?
Omaha Public Schools pays 18.4% more than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $74,787.
How does Omaha Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?
Omaha Public Schools pays 6.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $74,787.
What is the per-pupil spending in Omaha Public Schools?
Omaha Public Schools spends approximately $18,493 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Omaha Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 35% of Omaha Public Schools's total expenditure of $957.1M (NCES FY2023).
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