First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,485
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$18,045
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,952
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
$82,530
Kept after tax
$64,485
Worth in national money
$69,952
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Indiana pays this job a middle wage of $82,530, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 3.27% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 95 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $82,530 you keep $64,485, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,952 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $86,470, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana's median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers is $82,530, about 3.27% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Indiana, first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ranks 95 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers on $82,530 is $64,485. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,952 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 $86,470 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,730 |
| This salary | $82,530 |
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 | $64,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,890 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,118 |
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 | $79,111 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,544 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,530 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,990 and the ninetieth is $120,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $64,485, worked from $82,530. 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 95 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,952, the adjusted value of that $82,530 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 95 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $82,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,990 to $120,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Indiana take-home of $64,485, on $82,530 for work ranking 95 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 95 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $69,952 — the adjusted value of that $82,530 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 95 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $86,470 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,990, the highest tenth $120,730, 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 $69,952 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Indiana then takes its own share, leaving $64,485.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $86,470. 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 ($57,990) and the ninetieth ($120,730) 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 $69,952 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 $64,485 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.