Nebraska Paycheck Calculator
Figure basis: Official Nebraska Department of RevenueThis Nebraska paycheck calculator estimates your take-home pay after the taxes withheld from a typical wage. Enter your gross pay, choose how often you are paid (weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly) and select your filing status to see a full breakdown of every deduction and your net pay. The estimate combines four withholdings: federal income tax, calculated with the 2026 Internal Revenue Service annualised percentage method; Social Security at 6.2% up to the 2026 wage base of $184,500.00; Medicare at 1.45% on all wages; and Nebraska state income tax withholding, applied with the brackets published by the Nebraska Department of Revenue for tax year 2026. Results update as you type and the page link captures your inputs so you can save or share a calculation. This estimate covers federal withholding, FICA and state income tax only; State Disability Insurance where a state levies it, and any city or county local income tax, are not included and are noted separately. Use it to check a payslip, compare an offer, or plan a pre-tax contribution.
A $5,000 biweekly paycheck (single filer) in Nebraska is about $3,650.37 take-home, after federal income tax $766.69, Social Security $310.00, Medicare $72.50 and Nebraska income tax $200.44.
How the Nebraska paycheck calculation works
annual gross = gross per period x pay periods per year
federal withholding = IRS Pub 15-T annualised percentage method, de-annualised
Social Security = min(annual gross, $184,500.00) x 6.2% / periods
Medicare = annual gross x 1.45% / periods
state withholding = Nebraska income tax on annual gross / periods
take-home = gross per period - federal - Social Security - Medicare - state
Worked example
A single filer paid $5,000.00 every two weeks (26 pay periods a year) in Nebraska, for 2026:
- Annual gross = $5,000.00 x 26 = $130,000.00
- Federal income tax withheld this period = $766.69
- Social Security = $310.00; Medicare = $72.50
- Nebraska income tax withheld = $200.44
- Take-home = $5,000.00 - $766.69 - $310.00 - $72.50 - $200.44 = $3,650.37
What Nebraska's rate cuts and its own deduction do to take-home pay
Two forces shape a Nebraska paycheck in opposite directions. Working in your favor, Nebraska is cutting rates fast: Legislative Bill 754 pulled the top rate down from 5.20% in 2025 to 4.55% for 2026, with a further cut to 3.99% scheduled for 2027, so take-home pay rises a little each year. A quirk of the 2026 schedule is that the top two brackets now share the same 4.55% rate, so once a single filer passes $24,760 of taxable income the marginal rate stops climbing and Nebraska behaves almost like a two-rate tax.
Working against you is the deduction. Nebraska sets its own standard deduction, and it is smaller than the federal one: $8,850 for a single filer, $17,700 for married filing jointly, and $12,950 for head of household in 2026. If you assume the larger federal figure, you will understate your Nebraska taxable income by thousands of dollars and expect a bigger paycheck than you actually get, because the state withholding is calculated on that higher base.
Nebraska softens the bill slightly with a $176 nonrefundable personal exemption credit per exemption, applied against the tax itself rather than income. There is no city or county income tax in Nebraska, so the state withholding line above is your full state paycheck deduction. Because the rates and brackets change year to year, re-check them each filing season rather than carrying an old estimate forward.
Nebraska paycheck calculator: frequently asked questions
How much is take-home pay on a $5,000 biweekly paycheck in Nebraska?
A single filer earning $5,000 every two weeks in Nebraska keeps about $3,650.37 after federal income tax withholding ($766.69), Social Security ($310.00), Medicare ($72.50) and Nebraska state income tax withholding ($200.44). Enter your own gross pay, pay frequency and filing status above for your figure.
Does Nebraska have a state income tax withheld from paychecks?
Yes. Nebraska income tax is withheld from wages in addition to federal income tax and FICA. This calculator applies the Nebraska brackets published by the Nebraska Department of Revenue (tax year 2026) using the annualised method.
What FICA taxes are withheld from a Nebraska paycheck?
Social Security is withheld at 6.2% on wages up to the 2026 wage base of $184,500.00, and Medicare at 1.45% on all wages, with an additional 0.9% Medicare tax on wages above the filing-status threshold. These are federal taxes that apply to wages in every state.
Does this Nebraska paycheck estimate include SDI or local taxes?
No. This estimate covers federal income tax withholding, Social Security, Medicare and Nebraska state income tax withholding. State Disability Insurance (SDI), where a state levies it, and any city or county local income taxes are not included; check your state and local authorities for those.
Official sources
- Federal income tax withholding and standard deduction (tax year 2026): US Internal Revenue Service, as at Jun 12, 2026.
- Social Security wage base and FICA rates (2026): US Social Security Administration and IRS Topic 751, as at Jun 12, 2026.
- Nebraska income tax brackets (tax year 2026): Nebraska Department of Revenue, as at Jul 16, 2026.
Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 25 June 2026. See our methodology. General information, not financial or tax advice. State Disability Insurance and local income taxes are not included.