Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,111
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$9,149
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,596
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
$50,260
Kept after tax
$41,111
Worth in national money
$44,596
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 22 of 51 states for painters, construction and maintenance, with a middle wage of $50,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Painters, construction and maintenance ranks 279 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,260 you keep $41,111 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,596 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $53,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 22 of 51 for painters, construction and maintenance at $50,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 279 of 493 in Indiana places painters, construction and maintenance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $41,111 after the full tax stack, from $50,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,596 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $53,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,520 |
| This salary | $50,260 |
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 | $41,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,564 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$795 |
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 | $48,451 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$962 |
| 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 painters, construction and maintenance in Indiana earn under $50,260 and half over. The published range runs $36,410 at the tenth percentile to $69,520 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 $41,111, worked from $50,260. 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 279 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,596, the adjusted value of that $50,260 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 279 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for painters, construction and maintenance in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,410 to $69,520; 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 $41,111, on $50,260 for work ranking 279 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 279 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $44,596 — the adjusted value of that $50,260 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 279 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $53,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,410 at the bottom tenth to $69,520 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,596 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Indiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $41,111 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $53,000. 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 ($36,410 to $69,520) 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 $44,596 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 $41,111 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.