Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,014
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$3,906
14.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$24,965
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
$26,920
Kept after tax
$23,014
Worth in national money
$24,965
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $26,920. That is 49 of 51 states, and about 27.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, this job lands at 491. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $26,920 the take-home is $23,014; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $24,965 would nationally. The average comes to $36,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For motor vehicle operators, all other, Indiana sits in the lower band at $26,920, ranking 49 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 27.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Indiana, this work ranks 491 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for motor vehicle operators, all other in Indiana, on $26,920, is $23,014 — equivalent to $24,965 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 $36,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,900 |
| This salary | $26,920 |
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 | $23,014 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,779 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$495 |
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 | $25,991 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$585 |
| 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 motor vehicle operators, all other in Indiana earn under $26,920 and half over. The published range runs $24,310 at the tenth percentile to $62,900 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $23,014 take-home in Indiana comes from $26,920. 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 491 of 493.
- Two cautions on $24,965, the adjusted value of that $26,920 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 491 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motor vehicle operators, all other in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $24,310 to $62,900; 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.
- Retained pay of $23,014, from $26,920, 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 491 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 51 for it.
- This $24,965 adjusted figure, worked from $26,920, 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 491 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 491 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $36,800, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $24,310 and the top tenth $62,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $24,965.
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 $23,014 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.
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 $36,800. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($24,310) and the ninetieth ($62,900) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $24,965 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 $23,014 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.