Skincare Specialists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,614
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$7,836
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,718
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
$44,450
Kept after tax
$36,614
Worth in national money
$39,718
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana sits in the middle of the pack for skincare specialists. The median is $44,450, ranking 25 of 49 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: 378 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,450 the take-home is $36,614; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,718 would nationally. The average comes to $45,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Indiana occupies the middle band for skincare specialists: a median of $44,450, ranking 25 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Skincare specialists occupies position 378 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.
- Post-tax income for skincare specialists in Indiana, on $44,450, is $36,614 — equivalent to $39,718 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 $45,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Skincare Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,670 |
| This salary | $44,450 |
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 | $36,614 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,896 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$721 |
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 | $42,855 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$872 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Indiana earn less than $44,450. The published range is $24,440 up to $66,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $36,614, from $44,450, 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 378 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,718, the adjusted value of that $44,450 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 378 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for skincare specialists in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,440 to $66,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,614 from $44,450. 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 378 of 493 locally.
- This $39,718 adjusted figure, worked from $44,450, 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 378 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 378 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $24,440, the highest tenth $66,670, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $39,718 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 $36,614 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($24,440) and the ninetieth ($66,670) 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 $39,718 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 $36,614 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.