Floral Designers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,290
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$5,990
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,858
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
$36,280
Kept after tax
$30,290
Worth in national money
$32,858
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays floral designers around $36,280 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, floral designers lands at 441. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $36,280 you keep $30,290 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,858 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $36,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- For floral designers the Indiana median is $36,280, ranking 24 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, this work ranks 441 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $30,290 after the full tax stack, from $36,280. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,858 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $36,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,090 |
| This salary | $36,280 |
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 | $30,290 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,331 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$617 |
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 | $34,985 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$746 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of floral designers in Indiana earn under $36,280 and half over. The published range runs $27,410 at the tenth percentile to $48,090 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $30,290, worked from $36,280. 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 441 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,858, the adjusted value of that $36,280 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 441 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for floral designers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,410 to $48,090; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Indiana take-home of $30,290, on $36,280 for work ranking 441 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 441 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $32,858 — the adjusted value of that $36,280 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 441 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,410 and the top tenth $48,090, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $32,858 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Indiana's own levy, $30,290 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,410 to $48,090) 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 $32,858 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 $30,290 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.