Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,066
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,384
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,039
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
$42,450
Kept after tax
$35,066
Worth in national money
$38,039
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Indiana's middle earner gets $42,450, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 10.84% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Indiana this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 394. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $42,450 the take-home is $35,066; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,039 would nationally. The average lands at $41,530, below the middle of the range.
- For meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers, Indiana sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,450, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 10.84% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Indiana reports, meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ranks 394 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Indiana, on $42,450, is $35,066 — equivalent to $38,039 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 $41,530 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,000 |
| This salary | $42,450 |
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 | $35,066 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$695 |
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 | $40,928 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$841 |
| 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 $42,450. The published range is $36,680 up to $45,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $35,066, from $42,450, 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 394 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,039 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 394.
- Reported values are medians; for meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,680 to $45,000. 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 $35,066 from $42,450. 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 394 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,039, worked from $42,450, 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 394 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,680 at the bottom tenth to $45,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,039.
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, $35,066 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,680 to $45,000) 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 $38,039 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 $35,066 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.