Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,084
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,266
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,313
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
$46,350
Kept after tax
$38,084
Worth in national money
$41,313
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays court, municipal, and license clerks a middle wage of $46,350, 35 of 51 states and about 4.83% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 355.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,350 the take-home is $38,084; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,313 would nationally. The average comes to $46,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana's $46,350 median for court, municipal, and license clerks places it 35 of 51 states, about 4.83% 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.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, court, municipal, and license clerks sits at 355 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for court, municipal, and license clerks in Indiana, on $46,350, is $38,084 — equivalent to $41,313 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 $46,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,570 |
| This salary | $46,350 |
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 | $38,084 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$745 |
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 | $44,685 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$901 |
| 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 $46,350. The published range is $31,900 up to $60,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $38,084, from $46,350, 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 355 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,313, the adjusted value of that $46,350 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 355 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for court, municipal, and license clerks in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,900 to $60,570. 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 $38,084 from $46,350. 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 355 of 493 locally.
- This $41,313 adjusted figure, worked from $46,350, 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 355 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 355 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,900 at the bottom tenth to $60,570 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 $41,313.
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 $38,084.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,900 to $60,570) 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 $41,313 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 $38,084 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.