Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,194
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$12,386
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,620
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
$64,580
Kept after tax
$52,194
Worth in national money
$56,620
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays healthcare social workers around $64,580 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Healthcare social workers ranks 172 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,580 you keep $52,194 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,620 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $68,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- For healthcare social workers the Indiana median is $64,580, ranking 26 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 172 of 493 in Indiana places healthcare social 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $52,194 after the full tax stack, from $64,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,620 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $68,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,510 |
| This salary | $64,580 |
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 | $52,194 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,070 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$978 |
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 | $62,246 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,183 |
| 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 healthcare social workers in Indiana earn under $64,580 and half over. The published range runs $48,050 at the tenth percentile to $93,510 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 $52,194, worked from $64,580. 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 172 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,620 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 172.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare social workers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,050 to $93,510; 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 $52,194, on $64,580 for work ranking 172 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 172 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,620, worked from $64,580, 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 172 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,370 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $48,050 at the tenth percentile, $93,510 at the ninetieth.
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 $56,620 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $52,194 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.
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 $68,370. 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 ($48,050 to $93,510) 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 $56,620 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 $52,194 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.