Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,766
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,384
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,900
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
$60,150
Kept after tax
$48,766
Worth in national money
$52,900
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $60,150. That is 34 of 48 states, and about 2.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 220 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,150 you keep $48,766 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,900 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $62,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational health and safety technicians, Indiana sits in the lower band at $60,150, ranking 34 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 2.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Occupational health and safety technicians ranks 220 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $48,766 after the full tax stack, from $60,150. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,900 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,690 |
| This salary | $60,150 |
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 | $48,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,511 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$921 |
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 | $57,978 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,114 |
| 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 $60,150. The published range is $46,880 up to $82,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $48,766, from $60,150, 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 220 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,900, the adjusted value of that $60,150 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 220 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational health and safety technicians in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,880 to $82,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,766 from $60,150. 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 220 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $52,900 — the adjusted value of that $60,150 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 220 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 $62,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,880 at the tenth percentile, $82,690 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,900.
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 $48,766.
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.
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 $62,240. 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 ($46,880 to $82,690) 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 $52,900 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 $48,766 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.