Indiana Salaries by Worksite

Median offered wage — worksites in Indiana, FY2024–FY2025
$96,000
6,441 certified cases with a Indiana worksite, middle-half range $81,493 to $120,000.
6,441Certified cases
$96,000Median offered wage
$108,998Mean offered wage
$81,493–$120,000Middle half range
5,848Annual-wage rows used

Filings with a worksite in Indiana show a median offered wage of $96,000, which sits about 22% below the national median of $123,282. State-level medians blend every occupation and every metro in the state, so they are best used as a first orientation rather than a benchmark for a specific job. A state whose filings concentrate in one expensive metropolitan area will look very different from a state whose filings are spread across smaller cities, even if pay for the same occupation in the same kind of city is similar in both places.

There are 6,441 certified cases for Indiana in the FY2024–FY2025 files. The legal significance of the worksite is that the prevailing wage for a filing is determined for the area of intended employment. Employers must offer at least the prevailing wage or the actual wage paid to similarly employed workers, whichever is higher, and that requirement is assessed place by place. This is why the occupation and city breakdowns below matter more than the state headline: they show which roles and which local labour markets are actually producing this state's figures.

Wage Table — Indiana

MeasureAnnual wageWhat it means
25th percentile$81,493A quarter of annual-wage filings offered less than this
Median (50th percentile)$96,000Half of filings offered more, half offered less
Mean (average)$108,998Pulled up or down by very high and very low offers
75th percentile$120,000Only a quarter of filings offered more than this
Lowest included offer$34,500After the outlier rule described in the methodology
Highest included offer$825,000Offers above $1,000,000 are excluded as likely placeholders
All-employer median, this dataset$123,282Comparison point across every certified filing

Top Employers in Indiana

EmployerCertified cases
Cummins Inc.693
Eli Lilly and Company403
Purdue University320
Indiana University Indianapolis216
INFOSYS LIMITED212
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED209
Indiana University156
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP109

The employers at the top of a state ranking are usually a mixture of locally headquartered firms, national firms with a major site in the state, and consulting firms placing workers at client locations there. Distinguishing those three groups matters when interpreting pay: a firm placing staff at client sites files where the client is, so its presence in this state says more about its clients' locations than about its own offices. Each employer's linked page shows its national occupation mix, which helps a reader judge whether its Indiana filings are likely to be its core workforce or client placements.

Top Occupations in Indiana

OccupationCertified cases
Software Developers1,094
Mechanical Engineers497
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects353
Industrial Engineers204
Electrical Engineers197
Information Technology Project Managers182
Computer Systems Analysts161
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers159

Occupation mix is the main reason state medians differ. States with a heavy concentration of technology, finance or specialised healthcare filings show higher medians than states where filings spread across education, general healthcare and other professional services — even when each occupation is paid similarly in both states. If you are researching a specific career in Indiana, start from the occupation row above, move to that occupation's national page, and then compare the city pages for the places in Indiana where that occupation actually clusters. That sequence gives a far more honest benchmark than any single state-wide number.

How These Figures Were Computed

Every figure on this page was computed by our script directly from the U.S. Department of Labor OFLC LCA disclosure files for FY2024 Q4 and FY2025 Q1–Q4, retrieved in October 2026. We kept only cases whose CASE_STATUS is exactly “Certified” — denied, withdrawn and certified-withdrawn cases are excluded. Headline medians use filings whose wage unit is a year, because annual salaries compare cleanly; hourly, weekly and monthly filings are counted in case totals but are not converted into the headline median, and our methodology page explains that choice in full. Wages below $15,080 a year (the annualized federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour) or above $1,000,000 a year are excluded from medians as likely data-entry placeholders, and the number excluded is reported in the manifest that accompanies this site. Medians are shown alongside means because a handful of very large offers can drag a mean far above what a typical filing actually offered.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median offered wage in Indiana in these filings?

Across 5,848 annual-wage certified filings with a worksite in Indiana in FY2024–FY2025, the median offered wage is $96,000, compared with a national median of $123,282 across all worksites.

How many certified LCA cases have a Indiana worksite?

There are 6,441 certified cases with a worksite in Indiana in the FY2024 Q4 and FY2025 Q1–Q4 files. Worksite is the place where the work is performed, which may differ from the employer's headquarters address.

Which employers file most in Indiana?

The largest filer with Indiana worksites in this dataset is Cummins Inc., with 693 certified cases. The full ranking appears in the employer table on this page, together with filing counts and shares.