Geophysicist Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Geophysicist make in Nebraska?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Geophysicist in Nebraska is $100,074 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $48.

However, a Geophysicist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $117,218
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $90,372 to $109,048
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $81,539

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Geophysicist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$109,048	$9,087	$2,097	$52
Average	$100,074	$8,340	$1,925	$48
25th Percentile	$90,372	$7,531	$1,738	$43

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Key Factors That Influence Geophysicist Salaries

A Geophysicist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Geophysicist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Geophysicist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $93,827
Early Career (1-2 years): $99,201
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $134,260
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $148,538
Expert (over 8 years): $182,616

Levels	Salary
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$93,827
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$99,201
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$134,260
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$148,538
Geophysic... Level Geophysicist	$182,616

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How Do Geophysicist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Geophysicists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $117,624.
California: $117,178.
Massachusetts: $115,616.

District of Columbia $117,624 California $117,178 Massachusetts $115,616 Washington $115,191 New Jersey $115,149 Alaska $115,000 Connecticut $113,534 New York $112,939

Hawaii $111,038 Rhode Island $110,145 Maryland $109,540 Minnesota $108,711 Colorado $108,392 Illinois $108,286 Oregon $107,882 Delaware $107,585

New Hampshire $107,398 Virginia $106,979 Pennsylvania $105,758 Nevada $105,141 North Dakota $104,940 Michigan $104,621 Wisconsin $104,504 Vermont $104,270

Texas $103,622 Maine $103,580 Arizona $103,516 Ohio $103,442 Georgia $102,464 Indiana $101,976 Wyoming $101,880 Utah $101,731

Iowa $101,668 Kansas $101,158 Louisiana $101,009 North Carolina $100,956 Missouri $100,935 Florida $100,520 Montana $100,297 Nebraska $100,085

Kentucky $99,968 South Carolina $99,543 Tennessee $99,277 Idaho $99,171 New Mexico $98,396 Oklahoma $98,226 Alabama $97,599 South Dakota $96,547

Arkansas $95,973 West Virginia $95,665 Mississippi $94,741

Top Paying Cities for Geophysicists

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Offutt A F B: $100,573
La Vista: $100,669
Adams: $97,747

Offutt A F B, NE $100,573 La Vista, NE $100,669 Adams, NE $97,747 Alexandria, NE $97,747 Alvo, NE $98,396 Auburn, NE $97,747 Avoca, NE $98,470 Barneston, NE $97,747

Beatrice, NE $97,747 Beaver Crossing, NE $97,747 Bee, NE $98,024 Belvidere, NE $97,747 Benedict, NE $97,747 Bennet, NE $98,672 Blue Springs, NE $97,747 Bradshaw, NE $97,747

Brock, NE $97,747 Brownville, NE $98,512 Bruning, NE $97,747 Burchard, NE $97,747 Burr, NE $97,747 Byron, NE $97,747 Carleton, NE $97,747 Chester, NE $97,747

Clatonia, NE $97,747 Cook, NE $97,747 Cordova, NE $97,747 Cortland, NE $98,024 Crab Orchard, NE $97,747 Crete, NE $98,300 Davenport, NE $97,747 Davey, NE $99,033

Dawson, NE $97,747 Daykin, NE $97,747 Denton, NE $99,129 Deshler, NE $97,747 De Witt, NE $97,747 Diller, NE $97,747 Dorchester, NE $97,843 Douglas, NE $97,928

Du Bois, NE $96,823 Dunbar, NE $98,332 Eagle, NE $98,672 Elk Creek, NE $97,747 Elmwood, NE $98,470 Endicott, NE $97,747 Exeter, NE $97,747 Fairbury, NE $97,747

Fairmont, NE $97,747 Falls City, NE $95,899 Filley, NE $97,747 Firth, NE $98,119 Friend, NE $97,747 Garland, NE $98,576 Geneva, NE $97,747 Gilead, NE $97,747

Goehner, NE $97,747 Grafton, NE $97,747 Greenwood, NE $98,480 Gresham, NE $97,747 Wilcox, NE $97,747 Alma, NE $97,747 Arapahoe, NE $97,747 Atlanta, NE $97,747

Axtell, NE $97,747 Ayr, NE $97,747 Beaver City, NE $97,747 Bertrand, NE $97,747 Bladen, NE $97,747 Bloomington, NE $97,747 Blue Hill, NE $97,747 Campbell, NE $97,747

Clay Center, NE $97,747 Deweese, NE $97,747 Edgar, NE $97,747 Edison, NE $97,747 Elwood, NE $97,747 Fairfield, NE $97,747 Franklin, NE $97,747 Funk, NE $97,747

Glenvil, NE $97,747 Guide Rock, NE $97,747 Hardy, NE $97,747 Harvard, NE $97,747 Heartwell, NE $97,747 Hendley, NE $97,747 Hildreth, NE $97,747 Holbrook, NE $97,747

Holdrege, NE $97,747 Holstein, NE $97,747 Inavale, NE $97,747 Inland, NE $97,747 Juniata, NE $97,747 Kenesaw, NE $97,747 Lawrence, NE $97,747 Loomis, NE $97,747

Minden, NE $97,747 Naponee, NE $97,747 Nelson, NE $97,747 Oak, NE $97,747 Orleans, NE $97,747 Oxford, NE $97,747 Ragan, NE $97,747 Red Cloud, NE $97,747

Republican City, NE $97,747 Riverton, NE $97,747 Roseland, NE $97,747 Ruskin, NE $97,747 Saronville, NE $97,747 Smithfield, NE $97,747 Stamford, NE $97,747 Superior, NE $97,747

Sutton, NE $97,747 Trumbull, NE $97,747 Upland, NE $97,747 Bellwood, NE $97,747 Mc Cook, NE $98,449 Bartley, NE $97,747 Benkelman, NE $105,205 Cambridge, NE $97,747

Champion, NE $103,537 Culbertson, NE $103,962 Curtis, NE $97,747 Danbury, NE $97,747 Enders, NE $103,537 Eustis, NE $97,747 Farnam, NE $97,747 Haigler, NE $105,205

Hayes Center, NE $103,537 Imperial, NE $103,537 Indianola, NE $97,747 Lebanon, NE $97,747 Max, NE $105,205 Maywood, NE $98,449 Moorefield, NE $97,747 Palisade, NE $105,258

Parks, NE $105,205 Stockville, NE $97,747 Stratton, NE $104,621 Trenton, NE $103,644 Wauneta, NE $103,537 Wilsonville, NE $97,747 North Platte, NE $97,248 Arnold, NE $97,747

Arthur, NE $99,150 Big Springs, NE $99,150 Brady, NE $97,747 Broadwater, NE $99,150 Brule, NE $99,150 Bushnell, NE $99,150 Chappell, NE $99,150 Cozad, NE $97,747

Dalton, NE $99,150 Dickens, NE $101,678 Dix, NE $99,150 Elsie, NE $101,678 Elsmere, NE $87,910 Gothenburg, NE $97,747 Grant, NE $101,678 Abie, NE $97,747

Arlington, NE $99,118 Ashland, NE $98,555 Bancroft, NE $94,529 Bellevue, NE $100,669 Bennington, NE $100,393 Blair, NE $99,564 Boys Town, NE $100,669 Bruno, NE $97,747

Cedar Bluffs, NE $98,650 Cedar Creek, NE $100,021 Ceresco, NE $98,576 Colon, NE $98,470 Craig, NE $98,757 Decatur, NE $94,529 Elkhorn, NE $100,212 Fort Calhoun, NE $100,297

Fremont, NE $98,916 Gretna, NE $99,936 Herman, NE $99,288 Homer, NE $95,293 Hooper, NE $99,288 Ithaca, NE $98,396 Kennard, NE $99,745 Linwood, NE $97,747

Louisville, NE $98,831 Lyons, NE $94,529 Macy, NE $94,529 Malmo, NE $98,226 Mead, NE $98,534 Memphis, NE $98,502 Hallam, NE $98,204 Hebron, NE $97,747

Henderson, NE $97,747 Hickman, NE $98,757 Hubbell, NE $97,747 Humboldt, NE $97,747 Jansen, NE $97,747 Johnson, NE $97,747 Julian, NE $97,747 Lewiston, NE $97,747

Liberty, NE $97,747 Lorton, NE $98,077 Mc Cool Junction, NE $97,747 Malcolm, NE $99,129 Manley, NE $98,555 Martell, NE $98,948 Milford, NE $98,396 Milligan, NE $97,747

Murdock, NE $98,470 Murray, NE $99,001 Nebraska City, NE $98,810 Nehawka, NE $98,693 Nemaha, NE $98,512 Odell, NE $97,747 Ohiowa, NE $97,747 Otoe, NE $98,332

Palmyra, NE $98,300 Panama, NE $98,300 Pawnee City, NE $97,747 Peru, NE $98,512 Pickrell, NE $97,747 Pleasant Dale, NE $98,948 Plymouth, NE $97,747 Raymond, NE $99,129

Reynolds, NE $97,747 Roca, NE $98,948 Rulo, NE $99,182 Salem, NE $96,823 Seward, NE $98,119 Shickley, NE $97,747 Shubert, NE $98,512 Sprague, NE $98,757

Staplehurst, NE $97,747 Steele City, NE $97,747 Steinauer, NE $97,747 Stella, NE $97,747 Sterling, NE $97,747 Strang, NE $97,747 Swanton, NE $97,747 Syracuse, NE $98,098

Table Rock, NE $97,747 Talmage, NE $97,747 Tecumseh, NE $97,747 Ong, NE $97,747 Tobias, NE $97,747 Unadilla, NE $98,045 Union, NE $98,789 Utica, NE $97,747

Verdon, NE $97,641 Virginia, NE $97,747 Waco, NE $97,747 Walton, NE $98,948 Waverly, NE $99,033 Weeping Water, NE $98,534 Western, NE $97,747 Wilber, NE $97,747

Wymore, NE $97,747 York, NE $97,747 Lincoln, NE $99,129 Nickerson, NE $99,288 Oakland, NE $96,111 Papillion, NE $100,669 Pender, NE $94,529 Plattsmouth, NE $99,936

Prague, NE $98,119 Rosalie, NE $94,529 St Columbans, NE $100,393 Scribner, NE $99,288 South Bend, NE $98,629 Springfield, NE $100,117 Tekamah, NE $99,288 Thurston, NE $94,529

Uehling, NE $99,288 Valley, NE $99,129 Valparaiso, NE $98,396 Wahoo, NE $98,332 Walthill, NE $94,529 Washington, NE $100,117 Waterloo, NE $99,936 Weston, NE $98,130

Winnebago, NE $94,911 Winslow, NE $99,288 Yutan, NE $98,757 Omaha, NE $100,669 Brainard, NE $97,747 Cedar Rapids, NE $97,747 Clarks, NE $97,747 Clarkson, NE $97,184

Creston, NE $96,133 David City, NE $97,747 Dodge, NE $97,184 Duncan, NE $97,747 Dwight, NE $97,843 Elgin, NE $94,529 Ericson, NE $96,133 Fullerton, NE $97,747

Genoa, NE $97,747 Howells, NE $97,184 Humphrey, NE $96,133 Leigh, NE $96,133 Lindsay, NE $96,133 Monroe, NE $97,747 Morse Bluff, NE $98,406 North Bend, NE $98,364

Osceola, NE $97,747 Petersburg, NE $96,133 Platte Center, NE $97,747 Polk, NE $97,747 Primrose, NE $97,747 Rising City, NE $97,747 Rogers, NE $97,747 Saint Edward, NE $97,747

Schuyler, NE $97,747 Shelby, NE $97,747 Silver Creek, NE $97,747 Snyder, NE $96,908 Spalding, NE $97,747 Stromsburg, NE $97,747 Surprise, NE $97,747 Ulysses, NE $97,747

Norfolk, NE $94,529 Allen, NE $94,592 Amelia, NE $94,529 Atkinson, NE $94,677 Bassett, NE $87,910 Battle Creek, NE $94,529 Beemer, NE $94,529 Belden, NE $94,529

Gurley, NE $99,150 Columbus, NE $97,747 Albion, NE $97,747 Ames, NE $98,778 Bartlett, NE $96,133 Belgrade, NE $97,747 Bloomfield, NE $94,529 Halsey, NE $87,910

Hershey, NE $101,678 Keystone, NE $99,150 Kimball, NE $99,150 Lemoyne, NE $99,150 Lewellen, NE $99,150 Lisco, NE $99,150 Lodgepole, NE $99,150 Madrid, NE $101,678

Maxwell, NE $97,747 Mullen, NE $90,428 Ogallala, NE $99,150 Oshkosh, NE $99,150 Paxton, NE $101,678 Potter, NE $99,150 Purdum, NE $87,910 Sidney, NE $99,150

Seneca, NE $90,428 Stapleton, NE $93,392 Sutherland, NE $101,678 Thedford, NE $87,910 Tryon, NE $93,339 Venango, NE $101,678 Wallace, NE $101,678 Wellfleet, NE $100,371

Willow Island, NE $97,747 Valentine, NE $87,910 Ainsworth, NE $87,910 Cody, NE $90,428 Crookston, NE $87,910 Johnstown, NE $87,910 Kilgore, NE $87,910 Long Pine, NE $87,910

Merriman, NE $92,946 Nenzel, NE $87,910 Sparks, NE $87,910 Wood Lake, NE $87,910 Alliance, NE $99,150 Angora, NE $99,150 Ashby, NE $96,048 Bayard, NE $99,150

Bingham, NE $96,048 Bridgeport, NE $99,150 Chadron, NE $92,946 Crawford, NE $92,946 Ellsworth, NE $96,048 Gering, NE $99,150 Gordon, NE $92,946 Harrisburg, NE $99,150

Harrison, NE $92,946 Hay Springs, NE $92,946 Hemingford, NE $96,048 Hyannis, NE $96,048 Lakeside, NE $96,048 Lyman, NE $99,150 Mcgrew, NE $99,150 Marsland, NE $96,048

Melbeta, NE $99,150 Minatare, NE $99,150 Mitchell, NE $99,150 Morrill, NE $99,150 Rushville, NE $92,946 Scottsbluff, NE $99,150 Whiteclay, NE $92,946 Whitman, NE $90,428

Whitney, NE $92,946 Verdigre, NE $94,529 Wakefield, NE $94,529 Waterbury, NE $95,038 Wausa, NE $94,529 Wayne, NE $94,529 West Point, NE $94,529 Winnetoon, NE $94,529

Winside, NE $94,529 Wisner, NE $94,529 Wynot, NE $94,529 Grand Island, NE $97,747 Alda, NE $97,747 Amherst, NE $97,747 Anselmo, NE $96,133 Ansley, NE $97,747

Arcadia, NE $97,747 Archer, NE $97,747 Ashton, NE $97,747 Aurora, NE $97,747 Boelus, NE $97,747 Brewster, NE $93,392 Broken Bow, NE $97,747 Burwell, NE $96,133

Cairo, NE $97,747 Bristow, NE $94,677 Brunswick, NE $94,529 Butte, NE $92,425 Carroll, NE $94,529 Center, NE $94,529 Chambers, NE $94,529 Clearwater, NE $94,529

Coleridge, NE $94,529 Concord, NE $94,529 Creighton, NE $94,529 Crofton, NE $94,529 Dakota City, NE $95,485 Dixon, NE $94,529 Emerson, NE $94,656 Emmet, NE $94,677

Ewing, NE $94,529 Fordyce, NE $94,529 Hadar, NE $94,529 Hartington, NE $94,529 Hoskins, NE $94,529 Hubbard, NE $95,293 Inman, NE $94,529 Jackson, NE $95,485

Laurel, NE $94,529 Lynch, NE $94,677 Mclean, NE $94,529 Madison, NE $94,529 Magnet, NE $94,529 Maskell, NE $94,529 Meadow Grove, NE $94,529 Mills, NE $87,910

Naper, NE $87,910 Neligh, NE $94,529 Newcastle, NE $94,529 Newman Grove, NE $96,133 Newport, NE $87,910 Niobrara, NE $94,677 Oakdale, NE $94,529 Oneill, NE $94,677

Orchard, NE $94,529 Osmond, NE $94,529 Page, NE $94,529 Pierce, NE $94,529 Pilger, NE $94,529 Plainview, NE $94,529 Ponca, NE $95,102 Randolph, NE $94,529

Royal, NE $94,529 Saint Helena, NE $94,529 South Sioux City, NE $95,485 Spencer, NE $94,677 Springview, NE $87,910 Stanton, NE $94,529 Stuart, NE $92,425 Tilden, NE $94,529

Callaway, NE $97,747 Central City, NE $97,747 Chapman, NE $97,747 Comstock, NE $97,747 Dannebrog, NE $97,747 Doniphan, NE $97,747 Dunning, NE $93,392 Eddyville, NE $97,747

Elba, NE $97,747 Elm Creek, NE $97,747 Elyria, NE $96,133 Farwell, NE $97,747 Gibbon, NE $97,747 Giltner, NE $97,747 Greeley, NE $97,747 Hampton, NE $97,747

Hazard, NE $97,747 Kearney, NE $97,747 Hordville, NE $97,747 Lexington, NE $97,747 Litchfield, NE $97,747 Loup City, NE $97,747 Marquette, NE $97,747 Mason City, NE $97,747

Merna, NE $97,747 Miller, NE $97,747 North Loup, NE $97,747 Oconto, NE $97,747 Odessa, NE $97,747 Ord, NE $97,747 Overton, NE $97,747 Palmer, NE $97,747

Phillips, NE $97,747 Pleasanton, NE $97,747 Ravenna, NE $97,747 Riverdale, NE $97,747 Rockville, NE $97,747 Saint Libory, NE $97,747 Saint Paul, NE $97,747 Sargent, NE $97,747

Scotia, NE $97,747 Shelton, NE $97,747 Sumner, NE $97,747 Taylor, NE $96,133 Westerville, NE $97,747 Wolbach, NE $97,747 Wood River, NE $97,747 Hastings, NE $97,747

Geophysicist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Geophysicist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$90,372

Average $100,074/year

$109,048

$7,531

Average $8,340/month

$9,087

$1,738

Average $1,925/week

$2,097

$43

Average $48/hour

$52

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$109,048	$9,087	$2,097	$52
Average	$100,074	$8,340	$1,925	$48
25th Percentile	$90,372	$7,531	$1,738	$43

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