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UX Designer Salary in Nebraska (2026)

The average UX Designer in Nebraska earns around $120,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $88,523/year ($7,377/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$88,523
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$7,377
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,405
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$43/hr
Federal Tax
$17,570
State Tax
$4,727
FICA Taxes
$9,180
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

26.23%
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UX Designer Salary Ranges in Nebraska

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$82,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$120,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$175,000

/year

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Not all UX Designers earn the same — not even close

Nebraska's UX designer market is anchored by Mutual of Omaha insurance UX Omaha (the substantial Mutual of Omaha consumer portal + Medicare supplement enrollment + life insurance + annuity + mobile UX), Union Pacific Railroad UX (UP MyUP customer portal + freight customer-facing platforms + the substantial UP digital experience), Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha (retail brokerage + trading platform UX), First National of Nebraska Omaha banking UX, UNMC + Nebraska Medicine clinical UX (Epic patient portal + UNMC Anywhere telehealth), GEICO Berkshire-owned auto insurance UX, plus UNL + UNO + Creighton + Bellevue University design + UX pipelines.

Staff / Principal UX Designer (Mutual / UP / Schwab)

$135,000–$215,000+ TC

Senior UX IC at NE Fortune 500 · insurance + railroad + brokerage UX leadership

Senior UX Designer (Insurance)

$115,000–$172,000

Mutual of Omaha + GEICO + Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance · insurance consumer + Medicare UX

Senior UX Designer (Railroad / B2B)

$108,000–$162,000

Union Pacific · UP MyUP customer portal + freight customer-facing platforms UX

Senior UX Designer (FinTech / Schwab)

$115,000–$175,000

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

Senior UX Designer (Healthcare)

$108,000–$162,000

UNMC + Nebraska Medicine + CHI Health · Epic patient portal + UNMC Anywhere telehealth

Senior UX Designer (Banking / First National)

$105,000–$158,000

First National of NE + Pinnacle Bank + Ameritas · regional bank mobile + online UX

UX Research Lead

$108,000–$165,000

Senior UX researcher at NE Fortune 500 · qualitative + quantitative methods

Mid-Level UX Designer (3-6 yrs)

$72,000–$108,000

Functional UX IC at NE enterprise + agency · transitioning to senior band

Junior UX Designer (0-3 yrs)

$50,000–$70,000

UNL College of Architecture + UNO + Creighton + Bellevue University pipeline · entry band

Senior UX Designer (Remote, NE-based)

$125,000–$195,000+ TC

FAANG NE remote · OMA + LNK airport hubs · NE cost of living advantage

Worth knowing: Mutual of Omaha consumer UX is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US insurance UX operations and a feature most national UX surveys understate for NE. Mutual of Omaha (Fortune 500 insurance ~$50B assets + ~5K Omaha HQ + the substantial Mutual of Omaha consumer brand + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Medicare Supplement + life insurance + annuity + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Bank consumer banking + the substantial post-2020 Mutual of Omaha digital transformation investment) operates substantial in-house UX + product design supporting Medicare Supplement enrollment + life insurance + annuity + the substantial Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom heritage brand modernization + the substantial Mutual of Omaha mobile-first consumer engagement. Senior Mutual of Omaha UX designers clear $115-172K. Union Pacific UP MyUP customer portal + freight customer-facing platforms (the substantial UP customer-facing digital experience supporting railroad shippers + intermodal customers + the substantial UP post-2020 digital transformation). Charles Schwab + TD Ameritrade legacy Omaha (post-2020 Schwab-TD merger + the substantial post-merger Schwab Omaha operations continuing TD Ameritrade legacy thinkorswim trading platform + Schwab retail brokerage UX work) supports substantial NE FinTech UX. UNMC + Nebraska Medicine clinical UX + UNMC Anywhere telehealth + the substantial UNMC Buffett Cancer Center patient portal. First National of Nebraska Omaha (the largest US privately-held bank) substantial in-house banking UX. 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 vs major coastal UX metros anchor the NE UX designer proposition.

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