2026 Nebraska paycheck calculator
Nebraska's withholding tables run 2.26 to 4.60 percent, not the 2026 return rates of 2.46 to 4.55.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Nebraska Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Your take-home pay
$1,243.40
per paycheck, paid every two weeks
- Gross pay
- $1,500.00
- Federal income tax
- $96.15
- Social Security
- $93.00
- Medicare
- $21.75
- County tax
- Choose your county
- Take-home
- $1,243.40
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Take-home pay $1,243.40
Nebraska pay rules at a glance
| State income tax | Rates rise with pay Source |
| County or local tax | None Source |
| Disability or paid leave | None Source |
| Minimum wage | $15.00 an hour. From Jan 1, 2027: $15.26 an hour Source |
| Tipped minimum cash wage | $2.13 an hour, before tips Source |
| Final paycheck if you are let go | Unpaid wages are due on the next regular payday or within two weeks of the termination date, whichever is sooner (commissions under section 48-1230.01). Source |
| Final paycheck if you quit | Unpaid wages are due on the next regular payday or within two weeks of the termination date, whichever is sooner (commissions under section 48-1230.01). Source |
What comes out of a Nebraska paycheck
On $1,500 every two weeks, single, a Nebraska worker keeps $1,243.40.
Nebraska's rates on the annual return are 2.46, 3.51, and 4.55 percent for 2026, and the top rate falls to 3.99 percent in 2027. Employers do not use those rates. Circular EN, the Department of Revenue's withholding guide, carries its own table rates, and the amount withheld is an estimate settled when you file. The 2027 version of the circular is already published for wages paid from January 1, 2027.
The method has two steps. First the employer subtracts the value of your Form W-4N allowances from the pay, at $46.92 each weekly, $93.85 biweekly, $101.67 semimonthly, or $203.33 monthly. Then it looks up the rest in the table for your pay period and filing status. A table row adds a base amount to a percentage of the pay above its starting point, and the percentages climb from 2.26 percent to 4.60 percent.
On the W-4N you claim one allowance for yourself, one for a spouse if you are married, one for each dependent, and one more if you are a head of household, who uses the single table. Line 4b is for a single worker with one job, or a married worker whose spouse does not work, and the calculator does not assume it. If that applies to you, one more allowance would lower your withholding.
An employer with more than 24 employees must withhold at least 1.5 percent of wages unless the worker documents a reason for less. The calculator does not know the employer's size, so it does not apply that floor. Nebraska does not subtract federal tax, and the calculator rounds to the cent.
County and local taxes
Circular EN covers state income tax and nothing else, and the local taxes Nebraska does have are on sales, use, and lodging, not wages. No state page says in plain words that cities cannot tax wages, so this rests on the circular's silence. A Nebraska check carries a state amount and nothing local.
Final pay and the minimum wage
Nebraska's minimum wage is $15.00 an hour in 2026 and $15.26 from January 1, 2027. The law covers employers of four or more people. Tipped workers must receive at least $2.13 an hour in cash, and wages plus tips together must reach the full minimum.
When a job ends, whether you quit or are let go, unpaid wages are due on the next regular payday or within two weeks of the end date, whichever comes first. Commissions follow their own rule.
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Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Nebraska Revised Statutes 77-2715.03(2) (nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=77-2715.03, fetched Oct 29, 2026): bracket rates 2.46 and 3.51 percent; rate three and rate four are both 4.55 percent for taxable years beginning in 2026 and 3.99 percent from January 1, 2027; brackets adjusted each year for inflation by the Tax Commissioner.
Local taxes: Nebraska Department of Revenue, 2026 Nebraska Circular EN (8-429-1998 Rev. 11-2025): withholding covers Nebraska individual income tax only, and the circular describes no city or county tax on wages. Nebraska's local taxes are sales, use, and lodging taxes, not wage taxes. No statute or page that says 'no local income tax' in so many words was found.
Disability and paid leave: Nebraska has no state disability or paid family leave program. Its unemployment tax is paid by employers and "shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in such employer's employ": Nebraska Revised Statutes 48-648(1) (nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-648, fetched Oct 29, 2026).
Minimum wage: Nebraska Revised Statutes 48-1203 (as amended by Laws 2026, LB258, effective July 18, 2026; nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-1203, fetched Oct 29, 2026): $15.00 an hour from January 1, 2026, raised by 1.75 percent each January 1 from 2027; tipped workers at least $2.13 an hour plus tips, with tips and wage together at least the minimum wage; youth (14 and 15) minimum $13.50. Nebraska Department of Labor, "State of Nebraska Minimum Wage" (updated 7/31/2026; dol.nebraska.gov/webdocs/getfile/18bc2309-85ed-4957-b072-e899caeaca99): $15.26 from January 1, 2027; applies to employers of four or more persons; training wage for new workers 16 to 19 is $13.50 ($13.70 in 2027).
Final paycheck: Nebraska Revised Statutes 48-1230(4)(a) (nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-1230, fetched and read Oct 29, 2026): "Whenever an employer, other than a political subdivision, separates an employee from the payroll, the unpaid wages shall become due on the next regular payday or within two weeks of the date of termination, whichever is sooner." The rule covers any separation from the payroll; public employers follow 48-1230(4)(b).
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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