Radiation Therapists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,029
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$22,661
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,305
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
$96,690
Kept after tax
$74,029
Worth in national money
$80,305
State rank
35
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays radiation therapists a middle wage of $96,690, 35 of 46 states and about 8.19% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 64 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $96,690 you keep $74,029, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,305 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $95,500, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Indiana's $96,690 median for radiation therapists places it 35 of 46 states, about 8.19% 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.
- Within Indiana, radiation therapists ranks 64 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for radiation therapists on $96,690 is $74,029. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,305 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 $95,500 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,310 |
| This salary | $96,690 |
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 | $74,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,851 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,220 |
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 | $92,677 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,685 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,690 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,750 and the ninetieth is $113,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Indiana's $74,029, worked from $96,690. 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 64 of 493.
- Two cautions on $80,305, the adjusted value of that $96,690 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Indiana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 64 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $96,690 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,750 to $113,310. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Indiana take-home of $74,029, on $96,690 for work ranking 64 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 64 of 493 in the state.
- This $80,305 adjusted figure, worked from $96,690, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 64 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,750 at the tenth percentile, $113,310 at the ninetieth.
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 $80,305 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Indiana's own levy, $74,029 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,750 to $113,310) 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 $80,305 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 $74,029 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.