Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN moved from $48,210 in May 2024 to $49,340 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Managers, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
Managers, All Other publishes $75,460 here versus $141,900 nationally (-46.8%; 4,770metro-area jobs). Next is Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators at $82,190 locally versus $59,850 nationally (+37.3%).
- Managers, All Other$75,460 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits 46.8% below the national Managers, All Other median of $141,900 (4,770 published local jobs).
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$82,190 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits 37.3% above the national Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators median of $59,850 (3,700 published local jobs).
- Physicians, All Other$364,040 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits 36.9% above the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (3,730 published local jobs).
- Bartenders$22,880 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits 33.4% below the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (4,480 published local jobs).
Managers, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26900 · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $64K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #113/528
- RPP-MID 95.7
- OCC-MOST 619 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $511K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Redding, CA
- BOOK-FULL 599 rows · May 2025
Read with Redding, CA ($24 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwo…
Employment scale inside Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 5,230 jobs · $146,620
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,880 jobs · $155,230
- 3. Physicians, All Other 3,730 jobs · $364,040
- 4. Pharmacists 2,220 jobs · $151,050
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,740 jobs · $159,640
- 6. General Internal Medicine Physicians 1,020 jobs · $289,470
- 7. Dentists, General 1,020 jobs · $166,120
- 8. Pediatricians, General 920 jobs · $170,020
- 9. Chief Executives 870 jobs · $256,320
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 690 jobs · $287,130
- 11. Anesthesiologists 560 jobs · $374,730
- 12. Emergency Medicine Physicians 490 jobs · $284,930
- 13. Air Traffic Controllers 470 jobs · $171,910
- 14. Surgeons, All Other 360 jobs · $459,300
- 15. Physicians, Pathologists 260 jobs · $342,090
- 16. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 260 jobs · $183,000
- 17. Psychiatrists 250 jobs · $282,600
- 18. Podiatrists 120 jobs · $150,700
Occupations Tracked
619
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,187
employment-weighted, 599 complete rows
Top Salary
$511,400
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
95.7
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $511,400 |
| 2 | Surgeons, All Other | $459,300 |
| 3 | Anesthesiologists | $374,730 |
| 4 | Neurologists | $365,500 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $364,040 |
| 6 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $346,920 |
| 7 | Physicians, Pathologists | $342,090 |
| 8 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $289,470 |
| 9 | Family Medicine Physicians | $287,130 |
| 10 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $284,930 |
| 11 | Psychiatrists | $282,600 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $256,320 |
| 13 | Nurse Anesthetists | $225,590 |
| 14 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $183,000 |
| 15 | Air Traffic Controllers | $171,910 |
| 16 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $171,260 |
| 17 | Pediatricians, General | $170,020 |
| 18 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $168,600 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $166,120 |
| 20 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,640 |
| 21 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $155,230 |
| 22 | Pharmacists | $151,050 |
| 23 | Podiatrists | $150,700 |
| 24 | Financial Managers | $146,620 |
| 25 | Economists | $138,260 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Short Order | $21,440 |
| Bartenders | $22,880 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $25,890 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $25,990 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,470 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $27,790 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $27,940 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,110 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,420 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,810 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IN
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside IN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($64,187 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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