Amusement and Recreation Attendants in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,617
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$4,063
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,620
Indiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Indiana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$27,680
Kept after tax
$23,617
Worth in national money
$25,620
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays this job a middle wage of $27,680, 37 of 51 states and about 13.9% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Indiana this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 488. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $27,680 the take-home is $23,617; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $25,620 would nationally. The average lands at $27,640, below the middle of the range.
- Indiana's $27,680 median for amusement and recreation attendants places it 37 of 51 states, about 13.9% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Indiana reports, amusement and recreation attendants ranks 488 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for amusement and recreation attendants in Indiana, on $27,680, is $23,617 — equivalent to $25,620 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $27,640 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $27,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,410 |
| This salary | $27,680 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Indiana | $23,617 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,404 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$506 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $26,724 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$597 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of amusement and recreation attendants in Indiana earn under $27,680 and half over. The published range runs $20,490 at the tenth percentile to $36,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $23,617, worked from $27,680. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 488 of 493.
- Two cautions on $25,620, the adjusted value of that $27,680 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Indiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 488 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for amusement and recreation attendants in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $20,490 to $36,410; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Indiana take-home of $23,617, on $27,680 for work ranking 488 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 488 of 493 in the state.
- This $25,620 adjusted figure, worked from $27,680, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 488 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 488 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $20,490 at the bottom tenth to $36,410 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Indiana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $25,620 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Indiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $23,617 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($20,490 to $36,410) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Indiana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Indiana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $25,620 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $23,617 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Indiana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.