Legal Support Workers, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,320
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$10,670
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,247
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
$56,990
Kept after tax
$46,320
Worth in national money
$50,247
State rank
36
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for legal support workers, all other is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $56,990. That is 36 of 45 states, and about 20.97% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 249.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,990 you keep $46,320 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,247 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $69,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- For legal support workers, all other, Indiana sits in the lower band at $56,990, ranking 36 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 20.97%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 249 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $46,320 after the full tax stack, from $56,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,247 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,170 |
| This salary | $56,990 |
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 | $46,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,971 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$881 |
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 | $54,934 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,065 |
| 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 $56,990. The published range is $23,390 up to $134,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $46,320, from $56,990, 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 249 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,247, the adjusted value of that $56,990 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 249 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for legal support workers, all other in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $23,390 to $134,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,320 from $56,990. 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 249 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $50,247 — the adjusted value of that $56,990 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 249 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 $69,860, 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 $23,390 at the bottom tenth to $134,170 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 $50,247.
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, $46,320 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $69,860. 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 ($23,390) and the ninetieth ($134,170) 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 $50,247 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 $46,320 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.