Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,191
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,509
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,362
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
$60,700
Kept after tax
$49,191
Worth in national money
$53,362
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,700, ranking 37 of 51 states — about 5.7% 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: 207 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 $60,700 you keep $49,191, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,362 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $63,170, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana ranks 37 of 51 for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, with a median of $60,700 — about 5.7% 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.
- Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education ranks 207 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 middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education on $60,700 is $49,191. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,362 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 $63,170 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,750 |
| This salary | $60,700 |
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 | $49,191 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$928 |
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 | $58,508 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,123 |
| 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 middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Indiana earn under $60,700 and half over. The published range runs $47,720 at the tenth percentile to $79,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $49,191, from $60,700, 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 207 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,362, the adjusted value of that $60,700 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 207 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,720 to $79,750; 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.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,191 from $60,700. 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 207 of 493 locally.
- This $53,362 adjusted figure, worked from $60,700, 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 207 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 207 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 $63,170 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,720 at the tenth percentile, $79,750 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,362 in national terms.
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, $49,191 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $63,170. 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 ($47,720 to $79,750) 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 $53,362 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 $49,191 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.