Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,077
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,183
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,153
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
$59,260
Kept after tax
$48,077
Worth in national money
$52,153
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $59,260. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 7.88% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 226 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 $59,260 you keep $48,077 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,153 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- For educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors, Indiana sits in the lower band at $59,260, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.88%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors ranks 226 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 $48,077 after the full tax stack, from $59,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,153 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,690 |
| This salary | $59,260 |
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 | $48,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,795 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$910 |
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 | $57,121 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,101 |
| 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 $59,260. The published range is $41,180 up to $82,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,077 take-home in Indiana comes from $59,260. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 226 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,153, the adjusted value of that $59,260 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 226 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,180 to $82,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,077, from $59,260, assumes a single Indiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 226 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $52,153 — the adjusted value of that $59,260 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 226 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,180 at the bottom tenth to $82,690 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 $52,153.
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 $48,077 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,180 to $82,690) 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 $52,153 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 $48,077 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.