Industrial Production Managers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,751
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$30,750
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,445
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
$121,500
Kept after tax
$90,751
Worth in national money
$98,445
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays industrial production managers around $121,500 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 22 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 $121,500 the take-home is $90,751; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $98,445 would nationally. The average comes to $130,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For industrial production managers the Indiana median is $121,500, ranking 28 of 50 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.
- Within Indiana, industrial production managers ranks 22 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 industrial production managers in Indiana, on $121,500, is $90,751 — equivalent to $98,445 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 $130,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,820 |
| This salary | $121,500 |
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 | $90,751 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,398 |
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 | $116,447 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,979 |
| 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 $121,500. The published range is $78,410 up to $207,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $90,751, worked from $121,500. 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 22 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $98,445 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 22.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial production managers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,410 to $207,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Indiana take-home of $90,751, on $121,500 for work ranking 22 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 22 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $98,445, worked from $121,500, 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 22 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $130,480, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,410 and the top tenth $207,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $98,445 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, $90,751 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $130,480. 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 ($78,410) and the ninetieth ($207,820) 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 $98,445 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 $90,751 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.