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Teacher Salary in Nebraska

Nebraska's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (1.83x) ranks #34 of 47, lower-third dispersion. According to the NCES Common Core of Data finance survey, estimated teacher pay and per-pupil spending are available for every public school district in Nebraska.

$63,159
Est. state avg salary

Below benchmark

-10.1%
vs national
#31
National rank
246
Districts

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$63,159/year (est.)

Nebraska's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (1.83x) ranks #34 of 47, lower-third dispersion. Estimated average teacher salary is $63,159, materially below the national average of $70,245, ranking #31 of 49, across 200 public school districts with reliable data (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Tight district pay band: Nebraska's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (1.83x) ranks #34 of 47, lower-third dispersion.
  • middle third nationally (#31 of 49)
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • $40,951 spread between its highest- and lowest-paying districts
  • -10.1% vs the national average
  • +9.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (balanced cohort, not the FTE average above)
  • #25 of 49 purchasing-power-adjusted (BEA RPP 90.3)

Same-district trend

How does a balanced panel separate change from district turnover?

For the same 217 Nebraska districts present with valid estimates in every release, the average state figure moved from $65,931 in FY2019 to $71,955 in FY2023 (+9.1%).

The fixed cohort prevents entering or missing districts from masquerading as salary movement. It is still a change in a derived district-level estimate, not evidence of any individual teacher's raise.

Purchasing-power-adjusted rank for Nebraska

Nebraska's nominal average teacher salary ranks #31 of the 49 states and territories that report teacher salaries. Adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2023 Regional Price Parity (90.3, US = 100, a relative state-level price-level index, not a district or metro cost-of-living figure), the estimate becomes $75,288, ranking #25 of 49 , 6 places higher than the nominal rank once relative price levels are factored in. This purchasing-power view is not published by NEA's teacher-pay rankings or the aggregator sites; it comes from combining our own F-33-derived salary estimate with BEA's public RPP series. See the full 51-state release for methodology and download. BEA Regional Price Parities · NCES CCD F-33

Nebraska in the teacher-salary distribution

FY2023 estimated state averages from the same NCES-derived ranking

$63,159 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49 reporting states and territories

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Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey; state estimates derived from reported instructional-salary expenditure and teacher FTE · FY2023

Nebraska's comparable salary trend

Same reporting-district cohort, FY2019-FY2023

FY2023 estimated average
$71,955 9.136733395406303% vs FY2019
217 districts held in the panel
$64,000$66,000$68,000$70,000$72,000$74,000 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 Nebraska est. avg teacher salary, FY2019: $65,931Nebraska est. avg teacher salary, FY2020: $66,553Nebraska est. avg teacher salary, FY2021: $69,712Nebraska est. avg teacher salary, FY2022: $70,025Nebraska est. avg teacher salary, FY2023: $71,955 $65,931 $71,955 ▲ +9.1%
Read the chart as text
Period Nebraska est. avg teacher salary
FY2019 $65,931
FY2020 $66,553
FY2021 $69,712
FY2022 $70,025
FY2023 $71,955

Highest-paying districts in Nebraska

Estimated average teacher salary, enrolling districts (200+ students)

Est. avg salary

What this shows Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads Nebraska on the F-33 instructional-salary estimate. Service entities (CTCs, county offices) are excluded, their enrollment-based ratios are not reliable salary figures.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

Top 3 districts

1 $90,446

Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs

Est. avg teacher salary
2 $84,745

Bellevue Public Schools

Est. avg teacher salary
3 $84,736

Syracuse-dunbar-avoca Schools

Est. avg teacher salary

Districts by Estimated Teacher Salary

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment Per-Pupil Exp
Cambridge Public Schools $62,355 288 $19,247
Humphrey Public Schools $62,281 319 $19,119
Chadron Public Schools $62,280 941 $16,164
East Butler Public Schools $62,160 297 $29,074
Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer $62,147 300 $27,460
Blue Hill Community Schools $62,117 318 $20,223
Central City Public Schools $62,100 767 $20,592
Centura Public Schools $61,915 481 $18,424
Elkhorn Valley Schools $61,907 446 $18,330
David City Public Schools $61,845 676 $20,778
Wausa Public Schools $61,827 216 $21,037
Bennington Public Schools $61,731 4,154 $16,501
Crofton Community Schools $61,668 358 $18,986
Walthill Public Schools $61,648 281 $28,075
Battle Creek Public Schools $61,608 566 $20,650
Northwest Public Schools $61,525 1,465 $15,138
Wakefield Public Schools $61,493 567 $17,268
Heartland Community Schools $61,444 353 $20,584
Broken Bow Public Schools $61,383 890 $13,636
Johnson Co Central Public Schs $61,349 497 $20,089
Ponca Public Schools $61,312 442 $18,948
Fairbury Public Schools $61,215 909 $17,157
Harvard Public Schools $61,187 207 $27,353
Newman Grove Public Schools $61,141 219 $22,425
Hershey Public Schools $61,104 557 $35,260
Friend Public Schools $60,929 251 $19,761
Mc Cool Junction Public Schs $60,896 240 $22,071
Pender Public Schools $60,540 443 $19,068
St Paul Public Schools $60,531 705 $14,563
Boyd County Schools $60,526 333 $20,532
Gordon-rushville Public Schs $60,424 550 $18,742
Holdrege Public Schools $60,339 1,014 $16,737
Beatrice Public Schools $60,259 2,090 $14,471
Sterling Public Schools $60,205 224 $17,076
Gretna Public Schools $60,072 6,529 $25,124
Pierce Public Schools $60,041 690 $14,864
Mead Public Schools $60,040 283 $21,159
Boone Central Schools $60,040 649 $18,250
Emerson-hubbard Public Schools $59,951 253 $21,885
Summerland Public Schools $59,746 437 $21,600
Stanton Community Schools $59,741 383 $20,525
Raymond Central Public Schools $59,562 742 $16,954
Logan View Public Schools $59,442 590 $20,324
Cross County Community Schools $59,395 367 $20,447
Ord Public Schools $59,353 562 $17,653
Paxton Consolidated Schools $59,313 207 $23,280
Maxwell Public Schools $59,304 258 $19,349
Sidney Public Schools $59,229 1,276 $14,083
Dorchester Public School $58,920 235 $18,430
Leigh Community Schools $58,800 276 $18,529
Palmer Public Schools $58,793 322 $16,248
Cozad Community Schools $58,764 949 $29,817
Sutherland Public Schools $58,694 305 $19,721
Schuyler Community Schools $58,673 1,984 $14,579
Ansley Public Schools $58,589 200 $21,765
Ainsworth Community Schools $58,547 407 $22,120
Yutan Public Schools $58,505 506 $15,751
Riverside Public Schools $58,254 242 $25,434
Pleasanton Public Schools $58,216 304 $16,938
Dundy Co Stratton Public Schs $58,104 290 $24,538
Pawnee City Public Schools $57,991 268 $21,119
Laurel-concord-coleridge School $57,969 415 $62,234
Clarkson Public Schools $57,955 224 $20,647
Neligh-oakdale Schools $57,662 351 $20,017
Giltner Public Schools $57,342 246 $18,516
Southern School District 1 $57,273 379 $19,018
Amherst Public Schools $57,268 394 $38,777
Superior Public Schools $57,237 410 $25,671
Plainview Public Schools $57,220 346 $19,150
Kenesaw Public Schools $57,188 283 $19,671
Creighton Community Public Schools $56,951 290 $20,134
Wilber-clatonia Public Schools $56,913 624 $17,332
Stuart Public Schools $56,868 200 $43,060
Sutton Public Schools $56,670 420 $17,067
Bertrand Public Schools $56,573 243 $20,510
Axtell Community Schools $56,257 335 $17,388
Ravenna Public Schools $56,175 413 $19,860
Sumner-eddyville-miller Schs $56,068 222 $22,450
Arapahoe Public Schools $55,828 335 $18,842
Morrill Public Schools $55,765 330 $25,515
Silver Lake Public Schools $55,614 226 $27,854
Cedar Bluffs Public Schools $55,589 469 $17,588
Elm Creek Public Schools $55,508 374 $36,000
Loup City Public Schools $55,446 330 $19,288
Fillmore Central Public Schs $55,235 609 $18,677
Anselmo-merna Public Schools $55,141 245 $19,567
Franklin Public Schools $54,917 290 $19,834
Red Cloud Community Schools $54,780 269 $20,818
Hitchcock Co Sch System $54,420 310 $17,787
Loomis Public Schools $54,366 278 $17,464
Overton Public Schools $54,176 277 $18,462
Burwell Public Schools $53,547 293 $19,652
Wilcox-hildreth Public Schools $53,168 234 $25,752
Randolph Public Schools $53,154 260 $18,981
Southwest Public Schools $52,504 294 $21,864
Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools $52,354 311 $19,006
Bloomfield Community Schools $51,756 271 $21,070
Wauneta-palisade Public Schs $51,337 230 $31,461
Winside Public Schools $50,000 244 $27,262
Deshler Public Schools $49,495 242 $22,760

Showing 101–200 of 200 enrolling districts. Specialized non-enrolling agencies (career/technical centers, county offices, service co-ops) are excluded from the salary ranking, their enrollment-based estimates are not reliable.

Lowest-Paying Districts in Nebraska

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment
Deshler Public Schools $49,495 242
Winside Public Schools $50,000 244
Wauneta-palisade Public Schs $51,337 230
Bloomfield Community Schools $51,756 271
Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools $52,354 311
Southwest Public Schools $52,504 294
Randolph Public Schools $53,154 260
Wilcox-hildreth Public Schools $53,168 234
Burwell Public Schools $53,547 293
Overton Public Schools $54,176 277

Among enrolling districts (200+ students) with a reliable estimate; service entities excluded, see methodology.

Nationwide peers near Nebraska's smaller K-12 scale

Two nationwide peer sets for Nebraska: closest on estimated average teacher salary ($63,159 here) and closest on total student enrollment (328,925 here). Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not geographic containment.

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other states by unweighted district-mean teacher pay (F-33 derived, ≥5 districts with reliable estimates).

Similar enrollment

Nearest other states by NCES-reported K-12 enrollment. Salary peers above are excluded.

Compare Nearby-Ranked States

Colorado
$64,442
Rank #28
Arizona
$63,921
Rank #29
Iowa
$63,660
Rank #30
Michigan
$63,155
Rank #32

Data: NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey + Staff Universe Survey, FY2023. Salary figures divide instructional expenditure (variable Z33) by each district's reported teacher FTE, or an estimated FTE for the small minority with no reported figure. Not individual salary data. Read our methodology.

Nebraska teacher salary FAQ

What is the average teacher salary in Nebraska?

Across 200 Nebraska public school districts with reliable data, the average teacher salary is $63,159 (NCES CCD F-33 reported teacher salaries divided by CCD Staff Universe Survey teacher headcounts, FY2023). It is a district-level mean derived from finance filings, so it will not match a contract-salary survey exactly, read it as a relative comparison.

Which Nebraska school district pays teachers the most?

Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs reports the highest average teacher salary in Nebraska at $90,446, while Deshler Public Schools sits at the lower end at $49,495.

How does Nebraska teacher pay compare to the national average?

Nebraska's average of $63,159 is materially below the national average of $70,245 (-10.1%), ranking #31 of the 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate.

How many school districts are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 246 public school districts in the NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, together serving 328,925 students.

How much do teachers make in Nebraska?

District-average teacher pay in Nebraska sits in a comparatively narrow band, from $49,495 in Deshler Public Schools to $90,446 in Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs. With that little district-to-district spread the statewide figure is a reasonable guide to what most districts pay. These are district-wide averages from NCES CCD F-33 (FY2023), not individual salaries or pay-scale steps.

Can teachers earn $100,000 in Nebraska?

No Nebraska district with reliable data reports an estimated average teacher salary at or above $100,000; the state's highest is Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. This is a district-wide average, not an individual salary, step, or years-of-experience figure.

How does Nebraska rank after adjusting for cost of living?

Within the separate enrollment-weighted state comparison, BEA's 2023 Regional Price Parity (90.3, US=100) adjusts Nebraska's nominal estimate of $67,976 from #30 to $75,288 and #25. The headline uses an unweighted district mean, so this does not replace it. Neither measure is take-home pay, taxes, or district/metro cost of living.

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Disclaimer & data sources

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher for Nebraska