Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,006
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,454
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,161
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
$60,460
Kept after tax
$49,006
Worth in national money
$53,161
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,460, which ranks 10 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 6.91% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 211 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,460 you keep $49,006, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,161 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $59,590, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Indiana ranks 10 of 47 states publishing a median for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, at $60,460 — about 6.91% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 211 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.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians on $60,460 is $49,006. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,161 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 $59,590 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,020 |
| This salary | $60,460 |
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 | $49,006 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$925 |
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 | $58,277 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,119 |
| 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 $60,460. The published range is $39,120 up to $78,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,006 take-home in Indiana comes from $60,460. 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 211 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,161 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 211.
- Reported values are medians; for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,120 to $78,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,006, from $60,460, 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 211 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,161, worked from $60,460, 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 211 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,120 at the bottom tenth to $78,020 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $53,161 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, $49,006 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,120 to $78,020) 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 $53,161 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 $49,006 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.