Insurance Sales Agents in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,702
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,658
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,916
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
$61,360
Kept after tax
$49,702
Worth in national money
$53,916
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays insurance sales agents around $61,360 at the midpoint, 27 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 201.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,360 the take-home is $49,702; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,916 would nationally. The average comes to $80,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For insurance sales agents the Indiana median is $61,360, ranking 27 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.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, insurance sales agents sits at 201 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 insurance sales agents in Indiana, on $61,360, is $49,702 — equivalent to $53,916 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 $80,870 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Insurance Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,380 |
| This salary | $61,360 |
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 | $49,702 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,483 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$937 |
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 | $59,144 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,133 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,360 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,890 and the ninetieth is $128,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,702 take-home in Indiana comes from $61,360. 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 201 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,916 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 201.
- The Indiana median of $61,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,890 to $128,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,702, from $61,360, 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 201 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,916, worked from $61,360, 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 201 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 $80,870, 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 $37,890 at the bottom tenth to $128,380 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Indiana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $53,916 in national terms.
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 $49,702 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $80,870. 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 ($37,890) and the ninetieth ($128,380) 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 $53,916 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 $49,702 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.