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IT Manager Salary in Nebraska (2026)

The average IT Manager in Nebraska earns around $185,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $130,060/year ($10,838/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$130,060
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$10,838
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$5,002
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$63/hr
Federal Tax
$33,134
State Tax
$7,685
FICA Taxes
$14,122
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

29.7%
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IT Manager Salary Ranges in Nebraska

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$145,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$185,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$325,000

/year

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Not all IT Managers earn the same — not even close

Nebraska's IT manager market is anchored by Union Pacific Railroad IT Omaha (the substantial UP IT organization supporting the country's largest US railroad with substantial PTC + locomotive telematics + dispatch + crew scheduling + customer portal + freight billing IT), Mutual of Omaha + Berkshire Hathaway insurance IT, Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha financial services IT, UNMC + Nebraska Medicine clinical IT (Epic + medical device + telehealth), Werner Enterprises + Crete Carrier trucking IT, First National of Nebraska Omaha banking IT, Offutt AFB cleared federal IT (USSTRATCOM + 55th Wing), Cargill + Tyson + JBS USA NE meatpacking operations IT, plus UNL + UNO + Creighton academic IT.

Senior IT Director (UP / Berkshire / Mutual)

$155,000–$265,000+ TC

Senior IT leadership at NE Fortune 5 + 200 + 500 · railroad + insurance + reinsurance IT

Senior IT Manager (Railroad / UP)

$128,000–$195,000

Union Pacific · PTC + dispatch + locomotive telematics + freight billing + crew scheduling IT

Senior IT Manager (Insurance / Mutual)

$118,000–$182,000

Mutual of Omaha + Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance + GEICO · policy admin + claims + actuarial IT

Senior IT Manager (FinTech / Schwab)

$125,000–$195,000

Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha · retail brokerage + trading platform + wealth IT

Senior IT Manager (Healthcare / Epic)

$115,000–$172,000

UNMC + Nebraska Medicine + CHI Health + Bryan Health · Epic + clinical IT + medical device

Senior IT Manager (Banking / First National)

$118,000–$178,000

First National of NE + Pinnacle Bank + Ameritas · core banking + payments + AML

Senior IT Manager (Cleared / Offutt)

$125,000–$195,000

Offutt AFB · USSTRATCOM + 55th Wing · cleared federal IT + TS/SCI + poly premium

Mid-Level IT Manager (3-6 yrs)

$82,000–$125,000

Functional IT manager at NE major employers · transitioning to senior band

Junior IT Project Lead (0-3 yrs)

$58,000–$82,000

UNL + UNO + Creighton + UNK pipeline · entry band · transitioning to manager track

Senior CIO / VP IT

$195,000–$365,000+ TC

CIO / VP IT at NE Fortune 500 + major employers · executive band

Worth knowing: Union Pacific Railroad IT Omaha is the country's most distinctive concentrated US railroad IT operation and a feature most national IT manager surveys understate for NE. Union Pacific Railroad IT (the substantial UP IT organization supporting the country's largest US railroad by revenue ~$25B + ~32K route miles across 23 western US states + ~31K employees + the substantial UP Positive Train Control PTC anti-collision automated braking system IT supporting ~17K UP locomotives + ~5K route miles of PTC-equipped track + the substantial UP dispatch + crew scheduling + locomotive telematics + freight billing + customer portal + the substantial UP Information Technology Modernization initiative + the substantial UP Snowflake data warehouse + UP Data Lake) operates one of the country's substantial US railroad IT organizations. Senior UP IT managers clear $128-195K. Berkshire Hathaway substantial decentralized subsidiary IT (GEICO Auto Insurance IT + BNSF Railway IT + Berkshire Hathaway Energy IT + Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance IT + Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance IT — Berkshire operates decentralized so subsidiary IT is owned by each operating company rather than central Berkshire HQ IT). Mutual of Omaha (Fortune 500 insurance ~$50B assets + ~5K Omaha HQ) substantial in-house insurance IT + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Medicare supplement + life insurance + annuity policy admin IT. Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha (post-2020 Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade $26B acquisition + the substantial post-merger Schwab Omaha operations continuing TD Ameritrade legacy trading platform + retail brokerage IT + the substantial Schwab-TD integration) supports substantial NE FinTech IT. UNMC + Nebraska Medicine substantial Epic + clinical IT + the substantial UNMC Buffett Cancer Center precision oncology IT. First National of Nebraska Omaha (the largest US privately-held bank ~$28B assets) substantial regional banking IT. Offutt AFB substantial cleared federal IT supporting USSTRATCOM + 55th Wing. NE progressive 2.46-4.55% top by 2026 + NE RTW since 1947 + NE property tax ~1.61% + NE inheritance tax + lower NE cost of living anchor the NE IT manager proposition.

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