Personal Service Managers, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $59K, rent takes 28.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,113/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new personal service managers, all others typically earn — is $35K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,094/month. At HUD’s $1,113/month FMR, rent would take 53% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 16% below the national median — $59K here vs. $70K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Nebraska pays $59K median vs. the U.S. average of $70K — that’s -16%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 90.05), the purchasing-power equivalent is $65K — below the national median.

The median is $58,640 a year, that works out to about $28 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $34,900, and experienced personal service managers, all others can clear $136,990. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,905/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,113/month, which eats 28.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Nebraska has a Regional Price Parity of 90.05 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median personal service managers, all other salary is worth about $65,119 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.