Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,197
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,423
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,182
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
$42,620
Kept after tax
$35,197
Worth in national money
$38,182
State rank
24
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $42,620, ranking 24 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Indiana, this one sits low: 393 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $42,620 you keep $35,197 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,182 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $43,640, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood: a median of $42,620, ranking 24 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood occupies position 393 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $35,197 after the full tax stack, from $42,620. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,182 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $43,640 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,840 |
| This salary | $42,620 |
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 | $35,197 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,425 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$698 |
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 | $41,092 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$844 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,620 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,270 and the ninetieth is $58,840 — 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 $35,197, worked from $42,620. 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 393 of 493.
- Two cautions on $38,182, the adjusted value of that $42,620 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 393 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $42,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,270 to $58,840. 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 $35,197, on $42,620 for work ranking 393 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 393 of 493 in the state.
- This $38,182 adjusted figure, worked from $42,620, 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 393 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 393 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,270 at the bottom tenth to $58,840 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,182 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 $35,197 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($34,270 to $58,840) 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 $38,182 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 $35,197 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.