School Psychologists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,189
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$16,451
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,377
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
$77,640
Kept after tax
$61,189
Worth in national money
$66,377
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for school psychologists is on the low side in Indiana. The middle earner gets $77,640. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 19.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Indiana this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, school psychologists ranks 121 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $77,640 you keep $61,189 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,377 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $80,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- For school psychologists, Indiana sits in the lower band at $77,640, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Indiana publishes a median for, school psychologists sits 121 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $61,189 after the full tax stack, from $77,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,377 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $80,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,290 |
| This salary | $77,640 |
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 | $61,189 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,450 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,083 |
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 | $74,426 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,495 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,640 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,260 and the ninetieth is $105,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $61,189, from $77,640, 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 121 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $66,377, the adjusted value of that $77,640 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 121 of 493 locally.
- The Indiana median of $77,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,260 to $105,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,189 from $77,640. 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 121 of 493 locally.
- This $66,377 adjusted figure, worked from $77,640, 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 121 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 121 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 $80,540, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $56,260 at the bottom tenth to $105,290 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $66,377.
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 $61,189 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 $80,540. 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 ($56,260 to $105,290) 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 $66,377 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 $61,189 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.