How much do Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Lincoln, NE?

Percentile spread

For Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $38,820 and the 90th percentile is $59,990. The difference is $21,170, which is 45.0% 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 $44,060 to the 75th at $59,650, covers $15,590.

The mean annual wage is $50,980, which sits above the median of $47,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lincoln, NE median is 8.8% lower than the national median of $51,610 for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,408, which is 0.4% lower 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 $47,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lincoln, NE is 91.581, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $51,408 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Lincoln, NE ranks 5th of 8 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).).

• Omaha, NE-IA is 56 miles away, with a median of $47,030 and employment of 360. That median is 0.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,169, against $51,408 here.
• Grand Island, NE is 81 miles away, with a median of $36,310 and employment of 40. That median is 22.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,901, against $51,408 here.
• Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 120 miles away, with a median of $56,850 and employment of 30. That median is 20.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,758, against $51,408 here.

Employment share

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Lincoln, NE (220 of 182,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.12 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.