Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,207
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,133
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,107
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
$41,340
Kept after tax
$34,207
Worth in national money
$37,107
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $41,340, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Indiana, this one sits low: 402 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $41,340 you keep $34,207, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,107 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand: a median of $41,340, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand occupies position 402 of 493 in Indiana's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand on $41,340 is $34,207. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,107 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $41,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,590 |
| This salary | $41,340 |
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 | $34,207 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,397 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$681 |
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 | $39,859 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$824 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,340 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,040 and the ninetieth is $52,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,207 take-home in Indiana comes from $41,340. 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 402 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,107, the adjusted value of that $41,340 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 402 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $41,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,040 to $52,590. 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 $34,207, from $41,340, 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 402 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $37,107 — the adjusted value of that $41,340 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 402 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,040 at the tenth percentile, $52,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,107.
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 $34,207 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,040 to $52,590) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Indiana rather than a national figure.
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 $37,107 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 $34,207 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.