Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,083
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,557
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,397
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
$47,640
Kept after tax
$39,083
Worth in national money
$42,397
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for locksmiths and safe repairers is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $47,640. That is 33 of 48 states, and about 7.17% 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 333.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,640 you keep $39,083 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,397 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,430.
- For locksmiths and safe repairers, Indiana sits in the lower band at $47,640, ranking 33 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 7.17%. 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, locksmiths and safe repairers sits at 333 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 $39,083 after the full tax stack, from $47,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,397 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,430 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,610 |
| This salary | $47,640 |
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 | $39,083 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$762 |
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 | $45,928 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$921 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Indiana earn under $47,640 and half over. The published range runs $28,900 at the tenth percentile to $61,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,083 take-home in Indiana comes from $47,640. 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 333 of 493.
- Two cautions on $42,397, the adjusted value of that $47,640 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 333 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,900 to $61,610; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,083, from $47,640, 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 333 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 48 for it.
- This $42,397 adjusted figure, worked from $47,640, 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 333 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 333 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,900 and the top tenth $61,610, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,397.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Indiana then takes its own share, leaving $39,083.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,900 to $61,610) 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 $42,397 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 $39,083 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.