Electrical Engineers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,059
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$24,611
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,677
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
$102,670
Kept after tax
$78,059
Worth in national money
$84,677
State rank
40
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for electrical engineers. The middle earner takes $102,670, ranking 40 of 49 states — about 14.89% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Indiana reports, electrical engineers comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,670 you keep $78,059, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,677 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $107,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana ranks 40 of 49 for electrical engineers, with a median of $102,670 — about 14.89% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Electrical engineers ranks 47 of 493 occupations by median in Indiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for electrical engineers on $102,670 is $78,059. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,677 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 $107,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $152,480 |
| This salary | $102,670 |
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 | $78,059 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,058 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,263 |
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 | $98,407 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,744 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical engineers in Indiana earn under $102,670 and half over. The published range runs $69,290 at the tenth percentile to $152,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $78,059, worked from $102,670. 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 47 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $84,677 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 47.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical engineers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,290 to $152,480; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Indiana take-home of $78,059, on $102,670 for work ranking 47 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 47 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,677, worked from $102,670, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Indiana address, on work sitting at 47 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $107,710, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $69,290, the highest tenth $152,480, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Indiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $84,677 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $78,059 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $107,710. 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 ($69,290) and the ninetieth ($152,480) 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 $84,677 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 $78,059 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.