Nebraska
Wireless Facts
| Subscribers: | 1,387,022 |
| Population: | 1,779,002 |
| Percentage of Wireless Consumers: | 78% |
| Wireless-Only Households: | 22.3% |
Industry in Nebraska
| Service Providers: | 10 (in urban areas) |
| Wireless Employees in the State: | 375 |
| Average Annual Wireless Payroll: | $21,026,000 |
| Average Annual Wireless Employee Wage: | $56,032 |
Wireless Subscriber Growth
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Wireless Tax Rate
- State-Local Rate
- 18.39%
- Federal Rate
- 5.05%
- Combined Monthly Tax Rate
- 23.44%
- Rank Nationally
- 2nd
Breakdown
- State Sales Tax (Access and Intrastate) 5.50%
- Local Sales Tax (Lincoln, 1.5%, and Omaha, 1.5%) 1.50%
- City Business and Occupation Tax (Avg. of Omaha, 6.25%, and Lincoln, 5.5%) 5.88%
- State Universal Service Fund (6.95% x 62.9% FCC intrastate safe harbor) 4.37%
- Wireless 9-1-1 (Up to 70 cents per month effective 7/1/2006, currently 50 cents) 1.00%
- Telecommunications Relay Service (Deaf, 5 cents per month effective 7/1/2007) 0.10%
Federal Wireless
Issues
Helpful State
Legislative Links
- State Homepage link: http://www.nebraska.gov
- Legislature link: http://nebraskalegislature.gov/
- Governor’s link: www.governor.nebraska.gov
All Information Compiled from the Following Sources:
- Dr. Robert Roche, CTIA-The Wireless Association’s Vice President for Research, Washington, D.C., http://www.ctia.org.
- Scott Mackey, Partner and Economist, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, LLP, Montpelier, VT, http://www.ksefocus.com/why-kse/people/scott-mackey, from Tax Analysts, Special Report, State Tax Notes, February, 2008, “Excessive Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service: Recent Trends,” by Scott Mackey.
- Federal Communications Commission, FCC’s Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, July 2009, “Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008,” http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-292193A1.pdf.
- Data on employment and wages by state are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (CEW) at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en. The wireless industry data is retrievable through NAICS 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.
- The data on state population and household income is available via drop down menu from the Fact Sheets available from the U.S. Census Fact Finder page, at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en.