Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,173
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$10,627
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,088
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
$56,800
Kept after tax
$46,173
Worth in national money
$50,088
State rank
27
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays this job around $56,800 at the midpoint, 27 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 252 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,800 you keep $46,173 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,088 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,010.
- For chemical equipment operators and tenders the Indiana median is $56,800, ranking 27 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 252 of 493 in Indiana places chemical equipment operators and tenders 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 $46,173 after the full tax stack, from $56,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,088 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,010 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,550 |
| This salary | $56,800 |
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 | $46,173 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,819 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$879 |
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 | $54,751 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,063 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,800 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,680 and the ninetieth is $75,550 — 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 $46,173, worked from $56,800. 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 252 of 493.
- Two cautions on $50,088, the adjusted value of that $56,800 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 252 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $56,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,680 to $75,550. 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 $46,173, on $56,800 for work ranking 252 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 252 of 493 in the state.
- This $50,088 adjusted figure, worked from $56,800, 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 252 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,680 at the tenth percentile, $75,550 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,088 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, $46,173 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 ($37,680 to $75,550) 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 $50,088 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 $46,173 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.