How much do Credit Counselors make in Omaha, NE-IA?

Percentile spread

For Credit Counselors, the published 10th percentile is $47,380 and the 90th percentile is $95,280. The difference is $47,900, which is 76.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $51,840 to the 75th at $81,220, covers $29,380.

The mean annual wage is $68,680, which sits above the median of $62,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Omaha, NE-IA median is 19.7% higher than the national median of $52,230 for Credit Counselors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,022, which is 30.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Nebraska median of $62,510.

Omaha, NE-IA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Nebraska, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Omaha, NE-IA is 91.911, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Credit Counselors at $68,022 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Credit Counselors. Omaha, NE-IA ranks 1st of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 118 miles away, with a median of $49,160 and employment of 140. That median is 21.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,609, against $68,022 here.
• Kansas City, MO-KS is 183 miles away, with a median of $45,840 and employment of 40. That median is 26.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,534, against $68,022 here.

Employment share

Credit Counselors accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Omaha, NE-IA (190 of 498,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (27,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.14 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.