Project Management Specialists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,903
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$22,117
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,084
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
$95,020
Kept after tax
$72,903
Worth in national money
$79,084
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays project management specialists a middle wage of $95,020, 36 of 51 states and about 7.13% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, project management specialists ranks 67 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $95,020 you keep $72,903, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $79,084 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $98,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana's $95,020 median for project management specialists places it 36 of 51 states, about 7.13% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, project management specialists sits 67 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for project management specialists on $95,020 is $72,903. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $79,084 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 $98,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,350 |
| This salary | $95,020 |
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 | $72,903 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,677 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,208 |
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 | $91,077 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,668 |
| 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 project management specialists in Indiana earn under $95,020 and half over. The published range runs $59,120 at the tenth percentile to $149,350 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 $72,903, worked from $95,020. 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 67 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,084 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 67.
- Figures are distribution medians for project management specialists in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,120 to $149,350; 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 $72,903, on $95,020 for work ranking 67 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 67 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,084, worked from $95,020, 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 67 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 $98,560 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,120 and the top tenth $149,350 — 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 $79,084 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 $72,903.
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 $98,560. 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 ($59,120) and the ninetieth ($149,350) 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 $79,084 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 $72,903 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.