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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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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- Cardiologists leads published medians in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN at $511,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,187 adjusts to about $67,074 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IN before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.