Insurance Underwriters Salary in Lincoln, NE

Insurance Underwriters pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $52,780 a year or less, while the top 10% make $108,510 or more. The middle half of insurance underwriters in Lincoln earn between $63,280 and $98,870.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Insurance Underwriters salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $81,940, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $63,626 a year, or $5,302 a month and $2,447 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Lincoln a good place for insurance underwriters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lincoln area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $81,940 buys what about $89,473 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Lincoln ($49,800). A typical home costs $304,242, or 3.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Insurance Underwriters salary in other Nebraska cities

Lincoln ranks 1st of 2 Nebraska metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Insurance Underwriters salaries in Nebraska

Highest-paying cities for insurance underwriters

Bridgeport, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($127,970).

Insurance Underwriters salary by city

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