First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,780
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,680
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,000
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
$61,460
Kept after tax
$49,780
Worth in national money
$54,000
State rank
41
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $61,460. That is 41 of 49 states, and about 21.17% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 200.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,460 you keep $49,780, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,000 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers, Indiana sits in the lower band at $61,460, ranking 41 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 21.17%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of correctional officers sits at 200 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of correctional officers on $61,460 is $49,780. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,000 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 $65,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,810 |
| This salary | $61,460 |
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 | $49,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,563 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$938 |
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 | $59,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,135 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,460 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,390 and the ninetieth is $84,810 — 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 $49,780, worked from $61,460. 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 200 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,000 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 200.
- The Indiana median of $61,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,390 to $84,810. 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 $49,780, on $61,460 for work ranking 200 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 200 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,000, worked from $61,460, 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 200 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 $65,730, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $49,390 at the bottom tenth to $84,810 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 $54,000 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 $49,780 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $65,730. 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 ($49,390 to $84,810) 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 $54,000 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 $49,780 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.