Construction Managers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,566
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$25,824
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,397
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
$106,390
Kept after tax
$80,566
Worth in national money
$87,397
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays construction managers around $106,390 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, construction managers ranks 34 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $106,390 you keep $80,566, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $87,397 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $116,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For construction managers the Indiana median is $106,390, ranking 32 of 51 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, construction managers sits 34 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for construction managers on $106,390 is $80,566. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $87,397 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $116,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,000 |
| This salary | $106,390 |
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 | $80,566 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,289 |
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 | $101,971 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,781 |
| 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 $106,390. The published range is $63,270 up to $172,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $80,566, from $106,390, 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 34 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 $87,397, the adjusted value of that $106,390 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 34 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for construction managers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,270 to $172,000. 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 $80,566 from $106,390. 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 34 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $87,397 — the adjusted value of that $106,390 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 34 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $116,730, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $63,270 and the top tenth $172,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $87,397 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 $80,566 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Indiana is $116,730. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,270) and the ninetieth ($172,000) 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 $87,397 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 $80,566 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.