Machinists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,947
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$10,853
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,927
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
$57,800
Kept after tax
$46,947
Worth in national money
$50,927
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 34 of 51 states for machinists, with a middle wage of $57,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 243 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,800 you keep $46,947 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,927 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,590.
- Indiana ranks 34 of 51 for machinists at $57,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Machinists ranks 243 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $46,947 after the full tax stack, from $57,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,927 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,590 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,500 |
| This salary | $57,800 |
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 | $46,947 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,622 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$891 |
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 | $55,715 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,078 |
| 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 machinists in Indiana earn under $57,800 and half over. The published range runs $39,400 at the tenth percentile to $73,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,947 take-home in Indiana comes from $57,800. 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 243 of 493.
- Two cautions on $50,927, the adjusted value of that $57,800 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 243 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for machinists in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,400 to $73,500; 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 $46,947, from $57,800, 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 243 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- This $50,927 adjusted figure, worked from $57,800, 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 243 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 243 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,400 at the bottom tenth to $73,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,927 in national terms.
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 $46,947.
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 ($39,400 to $73,500) 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 $50,927 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 $46,947 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.