Human Resources Managers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,538
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$33,802
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,723
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
$130,340
Kept after tax
$96,538
Worth in national money
$104,723
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays human resources managers around $130,340 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Indiana reports, human resources managers comes in at 16 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $130,340 the take-home is $96,538; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $104,723 would nationally. The average comes to $143,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For human resources managers the Indiana median is $130,340, ranking 32 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.
- Human resources managers ranks 16 of 493 occupations by median in Indiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for human resources managers in Indiana, on $130,340, is $96,538 — equivalent to $104,723 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 $143,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,640 |
| This salary | $130,340 |
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 | $96,538 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,353 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,452 |
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 | $124,758 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,065 |
| 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 human resources managers in Indiana earn under $130,340 and half over. The published range runs $85,230 at the tenth percentile to $213,640 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 $96,538, worked from $130,340. 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 16 of 493.
- Two cautions on $104,723, the adjusted value of that $130,340 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Indiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 16 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources managers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $85,230 to $213,640; 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 $96,538, on $130,340 for work ranking 16 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 16 of 493 in the state.
- This $104,723 adjusted figure, worked from $130,340, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 16 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 16 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 $143,650, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $85,230 at the bottom tenth to $213,640 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $104,723.
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 $96,538 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 $143,650. 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 ($85,230) and the ninetieth ($213,640) 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 $104,723 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 $96,538 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.