Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,765
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$20,115
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,595
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
$88,880
Kept after tax
$68,765
Worth in national money
$74,595
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Indiana's middle earner gets $88,880, putting the state 10 of 49 — about 13.44% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 76 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $88,880 you keep $68,765 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $74,595 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $91,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- For engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other, Indiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $88,880, ranking 10 of 49 and running about 13.44% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other sits 76 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $68,765 after the full tax stack, from $88,880. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $74,595 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $91,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,730 |
| This salary | $88,880 |
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 | $68,765 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,357 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,163 |
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 | $85,195 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,607 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $88,880 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,330 and the ninetieth is $124,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $68,765, from $88,880, 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 76 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $74,595, the adjusted value of that $88,880 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 76 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $88,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,330 to $124,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $68,765 from $88,880. 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 76 of 493 locally.
- This $74,595 adjusted figure, worked from $88,880, 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 76 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 76 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 $91,820, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,330 at the tenth percentile, $124,730 at the ninetieth.
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 $74,595 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $68,765 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $91,820. 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 ($65,330 to $124,730) 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 $74,595 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 $68,765 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.