Medical Equipment Preparers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,202
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,008
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,356
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
$45,210
Kept after tax
$37,202
Worth in national money
$40,356
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for medical equipment preparers. The middle earner takes $45,210, ranking 36 of 51 states — about 5.22% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 368 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,210 you keep $37,202, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,356 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana ranks 36 of 51 for medical equipment preparers, with a median of $45,210 — about 5.22% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Medical equipment preparers ranks 368 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.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for medical equipment preparers on $45,210 is $37,202. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,356 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 $45,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,530 |
| This salary | $45,210 |
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 | $37,202 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,506 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$731 |
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 | $43,587 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$884 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,210 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,400 and the ninetieth is $60,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $37,202, worked from $45,210. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 368 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,356 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 368.
- The Indiana median of $45,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,400 to $60,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Indiana take-home of $37,202, on $45,210 for work ranking 368 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 368 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,356, worked from $45,210, 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 368 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,400 at the tenth percentile, $60,530 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,356 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Indiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,202 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,400 to $60,530) 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 $40,356 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 $37,202 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.