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Marketing Manager Salary in Nebraska (2026)

The average Marketing Manager in Nebraska earns around $158,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $112,803/year ($9,400/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$112,803
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$9,400
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$4,339
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$54/hr
Federal Tax
$26,654
State Tax
$6,456
FICA Taxes
$12,087
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

28.61%
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Marketing Manager Salary Ranges in Nebraska

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$105,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$158,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$240,000

/year

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Not all Marketing Managers earn the same — not even close

Nebraska's marketing manager market is anchored by Mutual of Omaha (Fortune 500 insurance + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom heritage brand + Medicare supplement + life insurance + annuity consumer marketing), Berkshire Hathaway + GEICO insurance marketing (the substantial GEICO geckos + 'so easy a caveman could do it' campaigns served from Berkshire-owned subsidiary), Union Pacific Railroad B2B marketing + the substantial UP brand heritage, Werner Enterprises trucking B2B marketing, Husker Athletics Marketing UNL Lincoln (Big Ten Cornhuskers football + men's basketball + women's volleyball Husker brand), Creighton Athletics Omaha (Big East), Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha retail brokerage marketing, plus NE Tourism + Visit Omaha + Visit Lincoln DMOs + UNMC academic medical marketing.

Senior Marketing Director (Mutual of Omaha / Berkshire)

$125,000–$195,000+ TC

Senior leadership at NE Fortune 500 · insurance + reinsurance + B2B + B2C marketing

Senior Brand Manager (Insurance / Mutual)

$108,000–$165,000

Mutual of Omaha + GEICO + Pacific Life · insurance consumer + Medicare supplement marketing

Senior Marketing Manager (B2B Railroad / UP)

$108,000–$162,000

Union Pacific + BNSF + Werner · railroad + trucking B2B + freight customer marketing

Senior Marketing Manager (Healthcare)

$98,000–$148,000

UNMC + Nebraska Medicine + CHI Health + Bryan Health · system + service line marketing

Senior Marketing Manager (FinTech / Schwab)

$108,000–$165,000

Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha · retail brokerage + wealth management marketing

Senior Athletics Marketing (Husker / UNL)

$95,000–$148,000

UNL Cornhuskers Big Ten + Creighton Big East · NE athletic department marketing

Senior Casino / Gaming Marketing

$92,000–$142,000

Horseshoe Council Bluffs + Ameristar + Harrah·s Omaha-area gaming · post-2021 NE in-state casino expansion

Senior Digital Marketing Manager

$92,000–$142,000

NE agency + in-house digital · SEO + paid acquisition + social · Omaha + Lincoln

Mid-Level Marketing Manager (3-6 yrs)

$68,000–$98,000

Functional manager at NE enterprise + agency · transitioning to senior band

Junior Marketing Coordinator (0-3 yrs)

$45,000–$62,000

UNL College of Journalism + Creighton + UNO + Wayne State pipeline · entry band

Worth knowing: The Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom heritage brand is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US insurance brand operations and a feature most national marketing surveys understate for NE. Mutual of Omaha (Fortune 500 insurance ~$50B assets + ~5K Omaha HQ + the substantial Mutual of Omaha founding 1909 as the substantial Omaha-based mutual insurance company + the substantial post-1960s Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom TV sponsorship of Marlin Perkins + Jim Fowler nature documentary series creating one of the country's most distinctive US consumer insurance brands + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Medicare Supplement + life insurance + annuity + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Bank consumer banking + the substantial Mutual of Omaha CEO James Blackledge leadership of substantial brand modernization + the substantial Mutual of Omaha sponsorship of the substantial Mutual of Omaha Stadium Omaha) operates substantial in-house brand + marketing + consumer marketing work. Senior Mutual of Omaha marketing directors clear $125-195K+ TC. Berkshire Hathaway substantial GEICO Insurance subsidiary marketing (the substantial GEICO geckos campaign + 'so easy a caveman could do it' creative + the substantial post-2000s GEICO Direct online brand-driven growth + the substantial GEICO Fortune 100 placement supporting NE-adjacent marketing work). Union Pacific Railroad substantial B2B + brand marketing supporting the country's largest US railroad customer-facing + investor-facing + government affairs work. UNL Husker Athletics Marketing (Big Ten Cornhuskers football + men's basketball + women's volleyball + the substantial UNL Memorial Stadium 'Sea of Red' fan culture + the substantial post-2010 Big Ten Conference Husker brand expansion + the substantial UNL NIL collective) supports substantial NE athletic department marketing. NE substantial post-2021 in-state casino expansion (Horseshoe Council Bluffs IA across river + Ameristar Council Bluffs + the substantial post-2020 NE Initiative 429 casino legalization at NE horse racetracks + WarHorse Casino Omaha + WarHorse Lincoln + WarHorse Columbus + WarHorse South Sioux City opening 2023-2026) supports substantial NE casino marketing demand. NE progressive 2.46-4.55% top by 2026 + NE RTW since 1947 + NE property tax ~1.61% + NE inheritance tax + lower Omaha + Lincoln cost of living anchor the NE marketing manager proposition.

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