Rehabilitation Counselors in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,567
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,823
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,668
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
$44,390
Kept after tax
$36,567
Worth in national money
$39,668
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for rehabilitation counselors. The middle earner takes $44,390, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 5.25% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Indiana, this one sits low: 380 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,390 you keep $36,567, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,668 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana ranks 40 of 51 for rehabilitation counselors, with a median of $44,390 — about 5.25% 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.
- Rehabilitation counselors occupies position 380 of 493 in Indiana's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for rehabilitation counselors on $44,390 is $36,567. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,668 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 $45,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Rehabilitation Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,520 |
| This salary | $44,390 |
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 | $36,567 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,847 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$720 |
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 | $42,797 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$871 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,390 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,450 and the ninetieth is $62,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,567 take-home in Indiana comes from $44,390. 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 380 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,668, the adjusted value of that $44,390 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 380 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $44,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,450 to $62,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,567, from $44,390, 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 380 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $39,668 — the adjusted value of that $44,390 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 380 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,450, the highest tenth $62,520, 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 $39,668.
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 $36,567 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,450) and the ninetieth ($62,520) 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 $39,668 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 $36,567 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.