Packers and Packagers, Hand in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,173
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$6,247
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,816
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
$37,420
Kept after tax
$31,173
Worth in national money
$33,816
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for packers and packagers, hand. The middle earner takes $37,420, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.14% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, packers and packagers, hand lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $37,420 you keep $31,173, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,816 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for packers and packagers, hand, at $37,420 — about 3.14% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Indiana, this work ranks 428 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.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for packers and packagers, hand on $37,420 is $31,173. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,816 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 $39,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,960 |
| This salary | $37,420 |
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 | $31,173 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,247 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$631 |
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 | $36,083 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$763 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,420 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,180 and the ninetieth is $48,960 — 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 $31,173, worked from $37,420. 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 428 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,816 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 428.
- The Indiana median of $37,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,180 to $48,960. 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 $31,173, on $37,420 for work ranking 428 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 428 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,816, worked from $37,420, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Indiana address, on work sitting at 428 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $39,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,180 at the tenth percentile, $48,960 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 $33,816 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, $31,173 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 $39,350. 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 ($30,180 to $48,960) 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 $33,816 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 $31,173 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.