Highest Paying Jobs In Lincoln, NE For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Lincoln include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Lincoln area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 28 highest-paying jobs in Lincoln in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Lincoln require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Lincoln is Cardiologist, with an average annual salary of $326,750 and an entry-level salary of $166,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Lincoln, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Lincoln can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Lincoln, Nebraska:

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Lincoln

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Cardiologist	$326,750	$166,000
2	Psychiatrist	$293,650	$167,000
3	Hospitalist Physician	$282,271	$197,000
4	Medical Director	$273,609	$173,000
5	Physician	$273,324	$143,000
6	Operator And Truck Driver	$262,647	$138,000
7	Neurologist	$243,831	$135,000
8	General Internist	$235,569	$145,000
9	Hospitalist	$228,076	$147,000
10	Family Medicine Physician	$216,474	$124,000
11	Family Practice Physician	$196,840	$117,000
12	Operations Vice President	$191,693	$114,000
13	Law Professor	$179,351	$104,000
14	Chief Executive Officer	$164,210	$90,000
15	Owner/Operator	$162,921	$106,000
16	Vice President, Business Development	$161,663	$95,000
17	Assistant Vice President	$156,059	$113,000
18	Executive Vice President Of Sales	$153,777	$104,000
19	Senior Director, Product	$152,077	$114,000
20	Dentist	$151,457	$103,000
21	Professor	$151,077	$86,000
22	Senior Director, Product Management	$147,001	$106,000
23	Director, Applications	$145,297	$110,000
24	Associate Dentist	$144,354	$98,000
25	Health Teacher	$142,745	$78,000
26	Senior Sales Manager	$142,710	$92,000
27	Vice President	$142,297	$92,000
28	Driver/Owner Operator	$140,146	$51,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Lincoln for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Lincoln, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Lincoln.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Lincoln to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Lincoln.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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