Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,814
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$11,106
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,868
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
$58,920
Kept after tax
$47,814
Worth in national money
$51,868
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Indiana pays this job a middle wage of $58,920, 41 of 51 states and about 20.73% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Indiana reports figures for, this is number 230.
- Here is where Indiana does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,920 you keep $47,814, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,868 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $60,040, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Indiana's $58,920 median for telecommunications line installers and repairers places it 41 of 51 states, about 20.73% 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.
- In Indiana's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 230 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Indiana income tax, retained pay for telecommunications line installers and repairers on $58,920 is $47,814. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,868 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 $60,040 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,440 |
| This salary | $58,920 |
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 | $47,814 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,522 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$906 |
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 | $56,794 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,095 |
| 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 $58,920. The published range is $41,600 up to $80,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,814 take-home in Indiana comes from $58,920. 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 230 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,868, the adjusted value of that $58,920 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 230 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,600 to $80,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,814, from $58,920, 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 230 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $51,868 — the adjusted value of that $58,920 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 230 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,600 and the top tenth $80,440, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,868.
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, $47,814 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,600 to $80,440) 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 $51,868 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 $47,814 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.