Medical Assistants in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,125
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,985
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,272
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
$45,110
Kept after tax
$37,125
Worth in national money
$40,272
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 28 of 51 states for medical assistants, with a middle wage of $45,110. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical assistants ranks 369 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,110 the take-home is $37,125; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,272 would nationally. The average lands at $44,500, below the middle of the range.
- Indiana ranks 28 of 51 for medical assistants at $45,110. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 369 of 493 in Indiana places medical assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for medical assistants in Indiana, on $45,110, is $37,125 — equivalent to $40,272 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 $44,500 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,480 |
| This salary | $45,110 |
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 | $37,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,426 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$729 |
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 | $43,491 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$882 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,110 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,060 and the ninetieth is $50,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $37,125, from $45,110, 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 369 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,272, the adjusted value of that $45,110 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 369 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $45,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,060 to $50,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,125 from $45,110. 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 369 of 493 locally.
- This $40,272 adjusted figure, worked from $45,110, 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 369 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 369 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,060 at the tenth percentile, $50,480 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,272.
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 $37,125.
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 ($37,060 to $50,480) 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 $40,272 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 $37,125 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.