History Teachers, Postsecondary in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,409
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$17,041
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,700
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
$79,450
Kept after tax
$62,409
Worth in national money
$67,700
State rank
26
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 26 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $79,450. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 110 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,450 the take-home is $62,409; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,700 would nationally. The average comes to $88,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana ranks 26 of 45 for history teachers, postsecondary at $79,450. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Indiana, history teachers, postsecondary ranks 110 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for history teachers, postsecondary in Indiana, on $79,450, is $62,409 — equivalent to $67,700 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $88,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,440 |
| This salary | $79,450 |
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 | $62,409 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,723 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,096 |
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 | $76,160 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,513 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Indiana earn less than $79,450. The published range is $54,930 up to $133,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $62,409 take-home in Indiana comes from $79,450. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 110 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,700, the adjusted value of that $79,450 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 110 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for history teachers, postsecondary in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,930 to $133,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $62,409, from $79,450, assumes a single Indiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 110 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $67,700 — the adjusted value of that $79,450 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 110 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 $88,830 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $54,930, the highest tenth $133,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $67,700.
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 $62,409 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $88,830. 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 ($54,930) and the ninetieth ($133,440) 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 $67,700 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 $62,409 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.