Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,258
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$6,272
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,908
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
$37,530
Kept after tax
$31,258
Worth in national money
$33,908
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays this job around $37,530 at the midpoint, 21 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, this job lands at 424. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,530 the take-home is $31,258; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,908 would nationally. The average lands at $36,420, below the middle of the range.
- For farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals the Indiana median is $37,530, ranking 21 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Indiana, this work ranks 424 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Indiana, on $37,530, is $31,258 — equivalent to $33,908 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 $36,420 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,380 |
| This salary | $37,530 |
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 | $31,258 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,335 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$633 |
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 | $36,189 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$765 |
| 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 farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Indiana earn under $37,530 and half over. The published range runs $27,520 at the tenth percentile to $45,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $31,258, from $37,530, 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 424 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,908 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 424.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,520 to $45,380; 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.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,258 from $37,530. 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 424 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,908, worked from $37,530, 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 424 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $27,520 at the tenth percentile, $45,380 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,908 in national terms.
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 $31,258 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,520 to $45,380) 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 $33,908 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 $31,258 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.