Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,490
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$10,720
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,432
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
$57,210
Kept after tax
$46,490
Worth in national money
$50,432
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,210, which ranks 2 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 23.35% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 244 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Indiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,210 the take-home is $46,490; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,432 would nationally. The average lands at $53,250, below the middle of the range.
- Indiana ranks 2 of 49 states publishing a median for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, at $57,210 — about 23.35% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 244 of 493 in Indiana places weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Indiana, on $57,210, is $46,490 — equivalent to $50,432 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 $53,250 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,750 |
| This salary | $57,210 |
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 | $46,490 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,148 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$884 |
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 | $55,146 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,069 |
| 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 $57,210. The published range is $39,760 up to $59,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,490 take-home in Indiana comes from $57,210. 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 244 of 493.
- Two cautions on $50,432, the adjusted value of that $57,210 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 244 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,760 to $59,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,490, from $57,210, 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 244 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 49 for it.
- This $50,432 adjusted figure, worked from $57,210, 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 244 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 244 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,250, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,760 at the bottom tenth to $59,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,432 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 $46,490 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.
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 $53,250. 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 ($39,760 to $59,750) 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 $50,432 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 $46,490 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.