Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,846
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$18,704
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,429
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
$84,550
Kept after tax
$65,846
Worth in national money
$71,429
State rank
38
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 $84,550. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 14.71% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Indiana reports, this job comes in at 89 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $84,550 you keep $65,846 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,429 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $90,560, since top earners drag the number up.
- For network and computer systems administrators, Indiana sits in the lower band at $84,550, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 14.71%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Network and computer systems administrators ranks 89 of 493 occupations by median in Indiana, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $65,846 after the full tax stack, from $84,550. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,429 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,560 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,670 |
| This salary | $84,550 |
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 | $65,846 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,311 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,132 |
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 | $81,046 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,564 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Indiana earn less than $84,550. The published range is $58,630 up to $128,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $65,846, worked from $84,550. 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 89 of 493.
- Two cautions on $71,429, the adjusted value of that $84,550 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 89 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for network and computer systems administrators in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,630 to $128,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Indiana take-home of $65,846, on $84,550 for work ranking 89 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 89 of 493 in the state.
- This $71,429 adjusted figure, worked from $84,550, 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 89 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 89 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 $90,560, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $58,630 at the bottom tenth to $128,670 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $71,429 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $65,846 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 $90,560. 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 ($58,630) and the ninetieth ($128,670) 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 $71,429 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 $65,846 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.