First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,702
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$15,248
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,679
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
$73,950
Kept after tax
$58,702
Worth in national money
$63,679
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays this job around $73,950 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 133 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $73,950 you keep $58,702, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,679 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $74,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of production and operating workers the Indiana median is $73,950, ranking 28 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.
- Position 133 of 493 in Indiana places first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers on $73,950 is $58,702. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,679 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 $74,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,540 |
| This salary | $73,950 |
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 | $58,702 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,854 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,056 |
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 | $70,891 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,459 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,950 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,110 and the ninetieth is $101,540 — 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 $58,702, worked from $73,950. 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 133 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,679, the adjusted value of that $73,950 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 133 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $73,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,110 to $101,540. 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 $58,702, on $73,950 for work ranking 133 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 133 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $63,679 — the adjusted value of that $73,950 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 133 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,110 and the top tenth $101,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $63,679.
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 $58,702 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,110) and the ninetieth ($101,540) 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 $63,679 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 $58,702 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.