Nurse Practitioners in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,550
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$33,280
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$103,652
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
$128,830
Kept after tax
$95,550
Worth in national money
$103,652
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nurse practitioners is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $128,830. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 2.62% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, nurse practitioners ranks 17 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $128,830 you keep $95,550 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $103,652 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $126,600.
- For nurse practitioners, Indiana sits in the lower band at $128,830, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 2.62%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, nurse practitioners sits 17 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $95,550 after the full tax stack, from $128,830. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $103,652 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $126,600 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,260 |
| This salary | $128,830 |
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 | $95,550 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,321 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,443 |
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 | $123,313 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,052 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $128,830 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $101,790 and the ninetieth is $155,260 — 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 $95,550, worked from $128,830. 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 17 of 493.
- Two cautions on $103,652, the adjusted value of that $128,830 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 17 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $128,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $101,790 to $155,260. 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 $95,550, on $128,830 for work ranking 17 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 17 of 493 in the state.
- This $103,652 adjusted figure, worked from $128,830, 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 17 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 17 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $101,790 at the tenth percentile, $155,260 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 $103,652 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, $95,550 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($101,790 to $155,260) 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 $103,652 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 $95,550 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.