First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,544
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$17,106
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,846
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
$79,650
Kept after tax
$62,544
Worth in national money
$67,846
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays this job around $79,650 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 108 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,650 the take-home is $62,544; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,846 would nationally. The average comes to $84,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers the Indiana median is $79,650, ranking 25 of 51 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, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers ranks 108 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.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Indiana, on $79,650, is $62,544 — equivalent to $67,846 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 $84,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,610 |
| This salary | $79,650 |
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 | $62,544 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,864 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,097 |
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 | $76,352 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,515 |
| 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 $79,650. The published range is $52,420 up to $121,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $62,544, worked from $79,650. 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 108 of 493.
- Two cautions on $67,846, the adjusted value of that $79,650 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 108 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,420 to $121,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Indiana take-home of $62,544, on $79,650 for work ranking 108 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 108 of 493 in the state.
- This $67,846 adjusted figure, worked from $79,650, 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 108 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 108 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 $84,150, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,420, the highest tenth $121,610, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,846 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 $62,544 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $84,150. 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 ($52,420) and the ninetieth ($121,610) 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 $67,846 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 $62,544 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.