Interior Designers Salary in Lincoln, NE

Interior Designers pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,220 a year or less, while the top 10% make $104,790 or more. The middle half of interior designers in Lincoln earn between $55,130 and $86,310.

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

Interior Designers salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $72,320, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $57,296 a year, or $4,775 a month and $2,204 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% 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 interior designers? 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 $72,320 buys what about $78,968 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Lincoln ($49,800). A typical home costs $304,242, or 4.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Interior Designers salary in other Nebraska cities

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

All Interior Designers salaries in Nebraska

Highest-paying cities for interior designers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($100,980).

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