First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,199
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,591
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,523
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
$47,790
Kept after tax
$39,199
Worth in national money
$42,523
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,790. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 329.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,790 you keep $39,199 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,523 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 27 of 51 for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers at $47,790. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of retail sales workers sits at 329 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $39,199 after the full tax stack, from $47,790. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,523 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,410 |
| This salary | $47,790 |
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 | $39,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,579 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$764 |
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 | $46,072 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$923 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,790 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,630 and the ninetieth is $73,410 — 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 $39,199, worked from $47,790. 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 329 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,523, the adjusted value of that $47,790 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 329 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $47,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,630 to $73,410. 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 $39,199, on $47,790 for work ranking 329 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 329 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $42,523 — the adjusted value of that $47,790 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 329 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $50,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $31,630 at the bottom tenth to $73,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $42,523 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $39,199 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $50,970. 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 ($31,630) and the ninetieth ($73,410) 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 $42,523 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 $39,199 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.