Orderlies in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,039
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$6,501
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,756
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
$38,540
Kept after tax
$32,039
Worth in national money
$34,756
State rank
22
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 22 of 47 states for orderlies, with a middle wage of $38,540. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Indiana this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, orderlies ranks 416. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,540 you keep $32,039, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,756 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $38,390, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Indiana ranks 22 of 47 for orderlies at $38,540. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Indiana reports, orderlies ranks 416 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for orderlies on $38,540 is $32,039. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,756 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 $38,390 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $41,450 |
| This salary | $38,540 |
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 | $32,039 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,147 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$645 |
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 | $37,162 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$781 |
| 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 orderlies in Indiana earn under $38,540 and half over. The published range runs $32,120 at the tenth percentile to $41,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $32,039, worked from $38,540. 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 416 of 493.
- Two cautions on $34,756, the adjusted value of that $38,540 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 416 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for orderlies in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,120 to $41,450; 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.
- The Indiana take-home of $32,039, on $38,540 for work ranking 416 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 416 of 493 in the state.
- This $34,756 adjusted figure, worked from $38,540, 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 416 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 416 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,120 at the bottom tenth to $41,450 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,756 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 $32,039.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,120 to $41,450) 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 $34,756 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 $32,039 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.