Tire Repairers and Changers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,919
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$5,881
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,455
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
$35,800
Kept after tax
$29,919
Worth in national money
$32,455
State rank
38
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for tire repairers and changers. The middle earner takes $35,800, ranking 38 of 50 states — about 5.06% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Indiana, this one sits low: 451 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,800 you keep $29,919 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,455 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $38,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 38 of 50 for tire repairers and changers, with a median of $35,800 — about 5.06% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Tire repairers and changers occupies position 451 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 $29,919 after the full tax stack, from $35,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,455 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $38,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,270 |
| This salary | $35,800 |
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 | $29,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$611 |
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 | $34,522 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$738 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of tire repairers and changers in Indiana earn under $35,800 and half over. The published range runs $30,670 at the tenth percentile to $48,270 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Indiana the take-home figure of $29,919, from $35,800, 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 451 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,455 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 451.
- Figures are distribution medians for tire repairers and changers in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,670 to $48,270; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Indiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,919 from $35,800. 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 451 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,455, worked from $35,800, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Indiana address, on work sitting at 451 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 $38,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,670 at the tenth percentile, $48,270 at the ninetieth.
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 $32,455.
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 $29,919 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $38,100. 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 ($30,670 to $48,270) 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 $32,455 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 $29,919 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.