Tellers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,187
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$6,543
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,916
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
$38,730
Kept after tax
$32,187
Worth in national money
$34,916
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays tellers around $38,730 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Indiana publishes, tellers lands at 413. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $38,730 the take-home is $32,187; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,916 would nationally. The average comes to $40,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For tellers the Indiana median is $38,730, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Indiana, this work ranks 413 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for tellers in Indiana, on $38,730, is $32,187 — equivalent to $34,916 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 $40,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,380 |
| This salary | $38,730 |
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 | $32,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,300 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$648 |
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 | $37,345 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$784 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,730 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,680 and the ninetieth is $47,380 — 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 $32,187, worked from $38,730. 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 413 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,916, the adjusted value of that $38,730 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 413 of 493 in the state.
- The Indiana median of $38,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,680 to $47,380. 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 $32,187, on $38,730 for work ranking 413 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 413 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $34,916 — the adjusted value of that $38,730 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 413 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $40,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,680 and the top tenth $47,380, so most people doing this work in Indiana sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,916 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 $32,187 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 $40,570. 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 ($34,680 to $47,380) 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 $34,916 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 $32,187 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.