Surveyors Salary in Lincoln, NE

Surveyors pay range in Lincoln

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,280 a year or less, while the top 10% make $103,650 or more. The middle half of surveyors in Lincoln earn between $59,500 and $85,440.

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

Surveyors salary after taxes in Lincoln

On the average salary of $73,610, a single filer in Lincoln takes home about $58,145 a year, or $4,845 a month and $2,236 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 surveyors? 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 $73,610 buys what about $80,377 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 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Surveyors salary in other Nebraska cities

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

All Surveyors salaries in Nebraska

Highest-paying cities for surveyors

Yuba City, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($127,690).

Surveyors salary by city

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