Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,137
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$26,583
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,101
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
$108,720
Kept after tax
$82,137
Worth in national money
$89,101
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Indiana pays this job around $108,720 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Indiana. It ranks 30 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $108,720 the take-home is $82,137; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,101 would nationally. The average comes to $118,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For transportation, storage, and distribution managers the Indiana median is $108,720, ranking 18 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, transportation, storage, and distribution managers ranks 30 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Indiana, on $108,720, is $82,137 — equivalent to $89,101 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 $118,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,220 |
| This salary | $108,720 |
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 | $82,137 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,315 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,306 |
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 | $104,203 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,804 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $108,720 as a midpoint for Indiana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $70,690 and the ninetieth is $174,220 — 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 $82,137, worked from $108,720. 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 30 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,101 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 30.
- The Indiana median of $108,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $70,690 to $174,220. 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 $82,137, on $108,720 for work ranking 30 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 30 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,101, worked from $108,720, 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 30 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 $118,260 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $70,690, the highest tenth $174,220, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $89,101.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Indiana then takes its own share, leaving $82,137.
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.
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 $118,260. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($70,690) and the ninetieth ($174,220) 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 $89,101 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 $82,137 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.