Kennel Attendant Salary in Nebraska

Nebraska's position against the national figures flips across the distribution.

At the ends it is ahead: the 10th percentile, $28,080, is 3% above the national $27,250, and the 90th percentile, $52,010, is $1,950 or 4% above the national $50,060.

The middle is behind: the 25th percentile is 2% below the national $29,820, the median is 10% below, and the 75th percentile, $39,490, is 1% below the national $40,050.

Benchmarking an offer against the national median alone would miss both ends — the floor and the ceiling clear the national figures even while the middle sits under them.

Half of the Nebraska workers counted earned between $29,160 and $39,490 — a band $10,330 wide, a shade wider than the national $10,230 in dollars, and wider still relative to a median $3,680 lower.

The lower half is compressed: $1,080 covers the 10th-to-25th stretch against $2,570 nationally, and $2,520 from the 25th percentile up to the median against $5,540.

The upper half stretches: $7,810 from the median to the 75th percentile against $4,690, and $12,520 from the 75th to the 90th against $10,010.

That puts the full 10th-to-90th span at $23,930, against $22,810 nationally, and leaves the median sitting low in its band — $2,520 above the 25th percentile but $7,810 below the 75th.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Nebraska hourly median is $15.23, against $17.00 nationally — a 10% gap, matching the annual one.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 2,100 animal caretakers were employed in Nebraska across all industries — 34th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and BLS publishes no state count of how many of them work in veterinary settings.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Nebraska have a median of $43,680 — $12,000, or 38%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what veterinary kennel work pays.