Public Safety Telecommunicators 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
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,050, ranking 36 of 51 states — about 7.52% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 298 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,050 the take-home is $40,174; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,580 would nationally. The average comes to $51,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana ranks 36 of 51 for public safety telecommunicators, with a median of $49,050 — about 7.52% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 298 of 493 in Indiana places public safety telecommunicators 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.
- Post-tax income for public safety telecommunicators in Indiana, on $49,050, is $40,174 — equivalent to $43,580 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $51,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Safety Telecommunicators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,660 |
| 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
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of public safety telecommunicators in Indiana earn under $49,050 and half over. The published range runs $38,730 at the tenth percentile to $63,660 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $40,174, from $49,050, 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 298 of 493 occupations here.
- 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 298.
- Figures are distribution medians for public safety telecommunicators in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,730 to $63,660; 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 $40,174 from $49,050. 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 298 of 493 locally.
- 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 298 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 $51,660, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,730 at the tenth percentile, $63,660 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,580 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 $40,174 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 $51,660. 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 ($38,730 to $63,660) 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.
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.