Prepress Technicians and Workers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,174
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,876
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,580
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
$49,050
Kept after tax
$40,174
Worth in national money
$43,580
State rank
20
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays prepress technicians and workers around $49,050 at the midpoint, 20 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Prepress technicians and workers ranks 299 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,050 you keep $40,174 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,580 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- For prepress technicians and workers the Indiana median is $49,050, ranking 20 of 45 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.
- Position 299 of 493 in Indiana places prepress technicians and workers 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 $40,174 after the full tax stack, from $49,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,580 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,290 |
| This salary | $49,050 |
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 | $40,174 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$780 |
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 | $47,286 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$943 |
| 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 $49,050. The published range is $36,670 up to $63,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,174 take-home in Indiana comes from $49,050. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 299 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,580 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 299.
- Reported values are medians; for prepress technicians and workers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,670 to $63,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,174, from $49,050, assumes a single Indiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 299 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,580, worked from $49,050, 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 299 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,670 and the top tenth $63,290, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,580 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $40,174 of this wage survives to your account.
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 45 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 ($36,670 to $63,290) 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 $43,580 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 $40,174 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.