Parts Salespersons in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,235
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$6,266
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,883
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
$37,500
Kept after tax
$31,235
Worth in national money
$33,883
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays parts salespersons around $37,500 at the midpoint, 33 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, parts salespersons lands at 425. 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 $37,500 you keep $31,235, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,883 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $42,110, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For parts salespersons the Indiana median is $37,500, ranking 33 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Indiana, this work ranks 425 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 parts salespersons on $37,500 is $31,235. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,883 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 $42,110 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,070 |
| This salary | $37,500 |
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 | $31,235 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,311 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$632 |
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 | $36,160 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$765 |
| 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 parts salespersons in Indiana earn under $37,500 and half over. The published range runs $28,010 at the tenth percentile to $61,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $31,235, from $37,500, 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 425 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 $33,883, the adjusted value of that $37,500 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 425 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for parts salespersons in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,010 to $61,070; 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.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,235 from $37,500. 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 425 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $33,883 — the adjusted value of that $37,500 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 425 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 $42,110, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $28,010 and the top tenth $61,070 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $33,883 in national terms.
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 $31,235.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $42,110. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,010) and the ninetieth ($61,070) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $33,883 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 $31,235 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.