Production Workers, All Other in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,563
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,697
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,917
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
$48,260
Kept after tax
$39,563
Worth in national money
$42,917
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for production workers, all other. The middle earner takes $48,260, which ranks 2 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 20.32% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Indiana, this sits in the middle: 318 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,260 you keep $39,563 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,917 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $51,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 2 of 51 states publishing a median for production workers, all other, at $48,260 — about 20.32% 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.
- Production workers, all other ranks 318 of 493 occupations in Indiana by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $39,563 after the full tax stack, from $48,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,917 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $51,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Production Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,620 |
| This salary | $48,260 |
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 | $39,563 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$770 |
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 | $46,525 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$931 |
| 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 production workers, all other in Indiana earn under $48,260 and half over. The published range runs $35,560 at the tenth percentile to $77,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $39,563, from $48,260, 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 318 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 $42,917, the adjusted value of that $48,260 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 318 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for production workers, all other in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,560 to $77,620; 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 $39,563 from $48,260. 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 318 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $42,917 — the adjusted value of that $48,260 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 318 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 $51,080 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,560, the highest tenth $77,620, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $42,917.
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 $39,563.
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 $51,080. 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 ($35,560) and the ninetieth ($77,620) 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 $42,917 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 $39,563 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.