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HR Manager Salary in Nebraska (2026)

The average HR Manager in Nebraska earns around $136,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $98,767/year ($8,231/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$98,767
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$8,231
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,799
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$47/hr
Federal Tax
$21,374
State Tax
$5,455
FICA Taxes
$10,404
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

27.38%
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HR Manager Salary Ranges in Nebraska

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$96,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$136,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$200,000

/year

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Not all HR Managers earn the same — not even close

Nebraska's HR manager market is anchored by Union Pacific Railroad HR Omaha (~31K total UP employees + the substantial UP multi-state railroad HR + UTU + BLET + SMART-TD craft labor relations), Berkshire Hathaway HQ Omaha (~25 corporate HQ + ~396K subsidiary employees across decentralized operating model), Mutual of Omaha (~5K Omaha HQ insurance workforce HR), Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha financial services HR, Werner Enterprises + Crete Carrier CDL driver HR (~17K combined drivers + the substantial post-2020 driver shortage retention focus), Peter Kiewit Sons' construction HR + the substantial Kiewit employee-owned structure, the substantial NE meatpacking HR (Cargill Omaha + Schuyler + Tyson + JBS USA + the substantial NE-Iowa Cattle Belt production workforce), Offutt AFB cleared workforce HR, plus UNL + Creighton + UNO MBA + HR pipelines.

Senior HR Director (Berkshire / UP / Mutual)

$125,000–$215,000+ TC

Senior HR leadership at NE Fortune 5 + 200 + 500 · multi-state · executive comp + total rewards

Senior HRBP (Railroad / UP)

$105,000–$162,000

Union Pacific · railroad craft labor + UTU + BLET + SMART-TD collective bargaining

Senior HRBP (Insurance / Mutual)

$98,000–$152,000

Mutual of Omaha + Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance + GEICO · insurance HR + Mutual brand culture

Senior CDL Driver Recruiting (Werner / Crete)

$95,000–$148,000

Werner Enterprises + Crete Carrier + the substantial NE-based CDL driver recruiting + retention

Senior HRBP (Meatpacking / Cargill / Tyson)

$92,000–$148,000

Cargill + Tyson + JBS USA NE plants · production worker HR + multilingual + immigration

Senior Total Rewards / Comp Manager

$112,000–$172,000

Compensation + benefits + executive comp at NE Fortune 500 · CCP credential premium

Senior Labor Relations Manager (RTW)

$108,000–$165,000

NE RTW since 1947 · NE Railway Labor Act + UTU + BLET railroad collective bargaining

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager (Cleared)

$95,000–$148,000

Offutt AFB cleared workforce · TA + clearance processing + USSTRATCOM staffing

Mid-Level HR Manager (3-6 yrs)

$68,000–$98,000

Functional IC at NE major employers · transitioning to senior band

Senior CHRO / VP HR

$195,000–$385,000+ TC

CHRO / VP HR at NE Fortune 500 + major employers · executive band

Worth knowing: Union Pacific Railroad HR Omaha is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US railroad labor relations operations and a feature most national HR surveys understate for NE. Union Pacific Railroad HR (the substantial UP multi-state railroad HR organization supporting ~31K total UP employees across 23 western US states + the substantial UP craft labor relations under the Railway Labor Act 1926 + the substantial UP collective bargaining with the United Transportation Union UTU + Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen BLET + SMART Transportation Division SMART-TD + International Association of Machinists IAM + the substantial UP National Carriers Conference Committee NCCC multi-railroad bargaining + the substantial post-2022 freight rail labor dispute resolution + the substantial UP post-2023 sick leave policy reforms + the substantial UP HR organization supporting Positive Train Control PTC training + locomotive engineer + conductor training + the substantial UP North American Railway Educational Foundation NAREF training programs) operates substantial in-house railroad HR + labor relations work. Senior UP HRBP + Labor Relations Managers clear $105-165K supporting substantial UP-specific railroad collective bargaining work. Berkshire Hathaway HQ Omaha substantial decentralized operating model HR (the substantial Berkshire ~$25 corporate HQ HR + the substantial Berkshire-owned subsidiary HR across GEICO + BNSF + Berkshire Hathaway Energy + Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance + the substantial Berkshire approach of letting subsidiaries operate independently with substantial subsidiary CEO + HR autonomy) supports substantial NE HR work. Mutual of Omaha substantial in-house insurance HR. The substantial NE meatpacking HR (Cargill Omaha + Schuyler + Tyson + JBS USA NE operations + the substantial NE-Iowa Cattle Belt + ~5M+ NE cattle production + the substantial NE meatpacking production worker HR + multilingual recruiting (substantial Spanish + Karen + Somali workforce in NE meatpacking) + USDA compliance + immigration) supports substantial NE production worker HR. Werner Enterprises + Crete Carrier substantial CDL driver recruiting + retention + the substantial NE-based national CDL driver pipeline. NE RTW since 1947 (Initiative Constitutional Amendment 1946 effective 1947 + among the country's earliest US RTW states) + NE substantial post-Railway Labor Act railroad collective bargaining preserved + the substantial NE post-2022 freight rail sick leave reforms. NE progressive 2.46-4.55% top by 2026 + NE property tax ~1.61% + NE inheritance tax + lower NE cost of living anchor the NE HR proposition.

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