Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,162
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,288
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,397
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
$46,450
Kept after tax
$38,162
Worth in national money
$41,397
State rank
36
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays this job a middle wage of $46,450, 36 of 45 states and about 11.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 352 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,450 you keep $38,162 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,397 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,240.
- Indiana's $46,450 median for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers places it 36 of 45 states, about 11.69% 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.
- Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers ranks 352 of 493 occupations in Indiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $38,162 after the full tax stack, from $46,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,397 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,240 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,570 |
| This salary | $46,450 |
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 | $38,162 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$746 |
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 | $44,781 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$903 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,450 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,680 and the ninetieth is $63,570 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $38,162, worked from $46,450. 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 352 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,397 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 352.
- The Indiana median of $46,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,680 to $63,570. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Indiana take-home of $38,162, on $46,450 for work ranking 352 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 352 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,397, worked from $46,450, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Indiana address, on work sitting at 352 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,680 at the bottom tenth to $63,570 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,397.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Indiana then takes its own share, leaving $38,162.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,680 to $63,570) 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 $41,397 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 $38,162 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.