Marriage and Family Therapists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,180
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$10,630
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,096
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
$56,810
Kept after tax
$46,180
Worth in national money
$50,096
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marriage and family therapists is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $56,810. That is 32 of 45 states, and about 15.13% 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 250.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $56,810 you keep $46,180, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $50,096 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $62,490, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For marriage and family therapists, Indiana sits in the lower band at $56,810, ranking 32 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 15.13%. 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, marriage and family therapists sits at 250 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.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for marriage and family therapists on $56,810 is $46,180. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $50,096 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 $62,490 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,430 |
| This salary | $56,810 |
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 | $46,180 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,827 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$879 |
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 | $54,761 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,063 |
| 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 $56,810. The published range is $46,730 up to $82,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $46,180, from $56,810, 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 250 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $50,096, the adjusted value of that $56,810 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 250 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for marriage and family therapists in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,730 to $82,430. 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 $46,180 from $56,810. 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 250 of 493 locally.
- This $50,096 adjusted figure, worked from $56,810, 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 250 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 250 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $62,490 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,730 at the bottom tenth to $82,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,096 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $46,180 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $62,490. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,730 to $82,430) 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 $50,096 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 $46,180 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.