Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,832
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$9,068
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,294
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
$49,900
Kept after tax
$40,832
Worth in national money
$44,294
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for healthcare support workers, all other is strong here. Indiana's middle earner gets $49,900, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 3.04% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 286.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,900 you keep $40,832 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,294 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $52,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- For healthcare support workers, all other, Indiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $49,900, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 3.04% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, healthcare support workers, all other sits at 286 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 $40,832 after the full tax stack, from $49,900. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,294 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $52,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,280 |
| This salary | $49,900 |
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 | $40,832 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,275 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$791 |
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 | $48,105 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$956 |
| 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 support workers, all other in Indiana earn under $49,900 and half over. The published range runs $37,970 at the tenth percentile to $71,280 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 $40,832, worked from $49,900. 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 286 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,294, the adjusted value of that $49,900 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 286 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare support workers, all other in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,970 to $71,280; 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 $40,832, on $49,900 for work ranking 286 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 286 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $44,294 — the adjusted value of that $49,900 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 286 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 $52,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,970 and the top tenth $71,280, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,294 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 $40,832 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 $52,840. 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 ($37,970 to $71,280) 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 $44,294 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 $40,832 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.