Accountant Salary in Nebraska (2026)

Worth knowing: The 2023 NE LB 754 tax reform created substantial NE-specific accounting work most national surveys understate. NE LB 754 of 2023 (signed by Gov. Jim Pillen May 2023, effective 2023 tax year) implemented one of the country's most aggressive recent US individual income tax reduction schedules — phasing the NE individual income tax top rate from 6.84% in 2022 → 6.27% in 2023 → 5.84% in 2024 → 5.20% in 2025 → 4.55% in 2026 → 3.99% in 2027 (a 42% rate cut over 5 years) + the substantial concurrent NE LB 873 of 2022 phasing out NE Social Security taxation by 2025 + the substantial NE corporate income tax reduction phasing + the substantial NE property tax relief programs. Senior NE tax managers at Lutz + Seim Johnson + Big 4 Omaha cleared $108-172K through 2025 working multi-year NE + multi-state filings adjusting for the reform package. The substantial NE inheritance tax (one of 6 US states with inheritance tax alongside IA + KY + MD + NJ + PA — NE has NO state estate tax + has inheritance tax with $40K close-relative exemption + 1% close + 11% distant + 18% non-relative rates) supports substantial NE estate planning + succession planning + family business CPA work. Lutz HQ Omaha (founded 1980 + the largest NE-HQ'd CPA + advisory firm ~$50M revenue + ~300 professionals + the substantial Lutz NE family business + healthcare + manufacturing + commercial practice) operates substantial NE + Midwest tax + assurance + advisory work. The substantial Berkshire Hathaway HQ Omaha corporate accounting + the substantial Berkshire-Big 4 audit relationship + the substantial Union Pacific + Mutual of Omaha + First National corporate accounting support substantial NE Big 4 + national CPA work. Senior Big 4 Omaha tax managers + audit managers clear $98-172K. NE progressive 2.46-4.55% top by 2026 + NE RTW since 1947 + NE property tax ~1.61% (among HIGHER US averages — the substantial NE-Iowa property tax rate concern) + NE inheritance tax + lower Omaha + Lincoln cost of living anchor the NE accountant proposition.