Terre Haute, IN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Terre Haute, IN moved from $43,960 in May 2024 to $44,870 in May 2025 (+2.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Terre Haute, IN sits -1.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Terre Haute, IN
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $27,020 here versus $31,200 nationally (-13.4%; 2,700metro-area jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,020 in Terre Haute, IN sits 13.4% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,700 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Terre Haute, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 45460 · Terre Haute, IN $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #450/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.8
- OCC-MID 277 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $226K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Kansas nonmetrop…
- BOOK-MOST 267 rows · May 2025
Read with Kansas nonmetropolitan area ($14 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Terre Haute, IN
Where Terre Haute, IN already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Terre Haute, IN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 330 jobs · $101,320
- 2. Lawyers 210 jobs · $135,290
- 3. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $122,100
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $111,900
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $120,370
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 140 jobs · $94,720
- 7. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $144,160
- 8. Software Developers 110 jobs · $107,770
- 9. Computer Systems Analysts 110 jobs · $103,720
- 10. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $117,230
- 11. Construction Managers 100 jobs · $112,680
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $125,570
- 13. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $225,970
- 14. Facilities Managers 80 jobs · $105,090
- 15. Power Plant Operators 80 jobs · $103,030
- 16. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $94,760
- 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $113,840
- 18. Administrative Services Managers 60 jobs · $117,840
Occupations Tracked
277
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,627
employment-weighted, 267 complete rows
Top Salary
$225,970
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
87.8
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Terre Haute, IN, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,320 |
| 2 | Lawyers | $135,290 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $122,100 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $111,900 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,370 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $94,720 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $144,160 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $107,770 |
| 9 | Computer Systems Analysts | $103,720 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $117,230 |
| 11 | Construction Managers | $112,680 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $125,570 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $225,970 |
| 14 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $105,090 |
| 15 | Power Plant Operators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,030 |
| 16 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,760 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $113,840 |
| 18 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $117,840 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $96,470 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $119,620 |
| 21 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $130,530 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $109,950 |
| 23 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $156,210 |
| 24 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $103,780 |
| 25 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $99,980 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Terre Haute, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $21,090 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,940 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,130 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,120 |
| Real Estate Sales Agents | $25,730 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,520 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $26,730 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,020 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,250 |
| Animal Caretakers | $27,280 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($51,627 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Terre Haute, IN at $225,970/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $51,627 adjusts to about $58,803 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 87.8. 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.