Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,482
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$27,718
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,645
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
$112,200
Kept after tax
$84,482
Worth in national money
$91,645
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $112,200, ranking 33 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 28 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $112,200 the take-home is $84,482; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $91,645 would nationally. The average comes to $117,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for electronics engineers, except computer: a median of $112,200, ranking 33 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, electronics engineers, except computer sits 28 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.
- Post-tax income for electronics engineers, except computer in Indiana, on $112,200, is $84,482 — equivalent to $91,645 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 $117,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,190 |
| This salary | $112,200 |
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 | $84,482 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,763 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,331 |
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 | $107,537 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,839 |
| 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 electronics engineers, except computer in Indiana earn under $112,200 and half over. The published range runs $81,060 at the tenth percentile to $159,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $84,482 take-home in Indiana comes from $112,200. 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 28 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $91,645, the adjusted value of that $112,200 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 28 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $81,060 to $159,190; 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.
- Retained pay of $84,482, from $112,200, 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 28 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $91,645 — the adjusted value of that $112,200 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 28 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 $117,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $81,060 and the top tenth $159,190, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $91,645 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, $84,482 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $117,240. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($81,060 to $159,190) 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 $91,645 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 $84,482 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.