Highway Maintenance Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,733
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,747
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,102
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
$48,480
Kept after tax
$39,733
Worth in national money
$43,102
State rank
30
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for highway maintenance workers. The median is $48,480, ranking 30 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Highway maintenance workers ranks 313 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,480 you keep $39,733 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,102 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for highway maintenance workers: a median of $48,480, ranking 30 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 313 of 493 in Indiana places highway maintenance 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 $39,733 after the full tax stack, from $48,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,102 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Highway Maintenance Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,510 |
| This salary | $48,480 |
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 | $39,733 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,134 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$772 |
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 | $46,737 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$934 |
| 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 highway maintenance workers in Indiana earn under $48,480 and half over. The published range runs $40,300 at the tenth percentile to $62,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $39,733, from $48,480, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 313 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,102, the adjusted value of that $48,480 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 313 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for highway maintenance workers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,300 to $62,510; 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.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,733 from $48,480. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 313 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $43,102 — the adjusted value of that $48,480 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 313 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,300 at the bottom tenth to $62,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $43,102 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Indiana then takes its own share, leaving $39,733.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,300 to $62,510) 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 $43,102 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 $39,733 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.