Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,865
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,785
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,245
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
$48,650
Kept after tax
$39,865
Worth in national money
$43,245
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $48,650. That is 48 of 50 states, and about 21.89% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 309 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,650 the take-home is $39,865; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,245 would nationally. The average comes to $58,270, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For life, physical, and social science technicians, all other, Indiana sits in the lower band at $48,650, ranking 48 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 21.89%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other ranks 309 of 493 occupations in Indiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other in Indiana, on $48,650, is $39,865 — equivalent to $43,245 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 $58,270 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,470 |
| This salary | $48,650 |
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 | $39,865 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,270 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$775 |
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 | $46,901 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$937 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,650 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,470 and the ninetieth is $83,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,865 take-home in Indiana comes from $48,650. 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 309 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,245 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 309.
- The Indiana median of $48,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,470 to $83,470. 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 $39,865, from $48,650, 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 309 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,245, worked from $48,650, 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 309 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,270, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,470, the highest tenth $83,470, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $43,245 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 $39,865 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $58,270. 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 ($44,470) and the ninetieth ($83,470) 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 $43,245 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 $39,865 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.