Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,012
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,748
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,252
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
$61,760
Kept after tax
$50,012
Worth in national money
$54,252
State rank
4
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,760, which ranks 4 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 30.46% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 196 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,760 you keep $50,012 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,252 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 4 of 47 states publishing a median for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys, at $61,760 — about 30.46% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 196 of 493 in Indiana places broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $50,012 after the full tax stack, from $61,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,252 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,210 |
| This salary | $61,760 |
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 | $50,012 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,804 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$942 |
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 | $59,529 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,139 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Indiana earn less than $61,760. The published range is $28,360 up to $107,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $50,012, from $61,760, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 196 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,252, the adjusted value of that $61,760 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 196 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,360 to $107,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,012 from $61,760. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 196 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $54,252 — the adjusted value of that $61,760 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 196 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $28,360 at the bottom tenth to $107,210 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $54,252 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Indiana's own levy, $50,012 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,360) and the ninetieth ($107,210) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $54,252 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 $50,012 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.