Millwrights in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,852
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$16,288
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,011
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
$77,140
Kept after tax
$60,852
Worth in national money
$66,011
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $77,140, which ranks 10 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 17.41% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Millwrights ranks 125 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,140 you keep $60,852, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $66,011 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $75,640, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Indiana ranks 10 of 48 states publishing a median for millwrights, at $77,140 — about 17.41% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 125 of 493 in Indiana places millwrights 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.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for millwrights on $77,140 is $60,852. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $66,011 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 $75,640 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,960 |
| This salary | $77,140 |
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 | $60,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,098 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,079 |
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 | $73,947 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,490 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,140 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,600 and the ninetieth is $95,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,852 take-home in Indiana comes from $77,140. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 125 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,011, the adjusted value of that $77,140 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 125 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $77,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,600 to $95,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $60,852, from $77,140, assumes a single Indiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 125 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $66,011 — the adjusted value of that $77,140 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 125 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,600 and the top tenth $95,960, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $66,011 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $60,852.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 ($48,600 to $95,960) 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 $66,011 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 $60,852 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.