Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,284
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,616
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,615
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
$47,900
Kept after tax
$39,284
Worth in national money
$42,615
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays this job a middle wage of $47,900, 35 of 51 states and about 1.38% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 326.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,900 the take-home is $39,284; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,615 would nationally. The average comes to $50,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana's $47,900 median for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers places it 35 of 51 states, about 1.38% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers sits at 326 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.
- Post-tax income for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Indiana, on $47,900, is $39,284 — equivalent to $42,615 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 $50,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,860 |
| This salary | $47,900 |
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 | $39,284 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,668 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$765 |
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 | $46,178 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$925 |
| 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 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Indiana earn under $47,900 and half over. The published range runs $35,590 at the tenth percentile to $72,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $39,284, from $47,900, 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 326 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,615, the adjusted value of that $47,900 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 326 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,590 to $72,860; 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 $39,284 from $47,900. 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 326 of 493 locally.
- This $42,615 adjusted figure, worked from $47,900, 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 326 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 326 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 $50,850, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,590 at the bottom tenth to $72,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $42,615 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 $39,284 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 $50,850. 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 ($35,590) and the ninetieth ($72,860) 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 $42,615 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 $39,284 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.