Indiana · BLS May 2025
Also called customer service rep, call center agent. SOC 43-4051.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 44,630 customer service representatives working in Indiana. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Indiana
$43,140A year, or $20.74 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $31,060 | $14.93 |
| 25th percentile | $36,090 | $17.35 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $43,140 | $20.74 |
| 75th percentile | $50,320 | $24.19 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $62,620 | $30.11 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $45,360 | $21.81 |
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A $43,140 salary in Indiana, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Indiana sit at 93.3 against a national average of 100, so $43,140 earned here buys what $46,224 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for customer service representatives in Indiana is $43,140 a year, or $20.74 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $43,140, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $35,600 a year, or roughly $2,967 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 17.5%.
Indiana takes $1,243 of it in state income tax.
No. The median in Indiana is 3.6% below the national median of $44,770.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Indiana sit at 93.3 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.6 times the median household income of $71,957. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Indiana run at 93.3 against a national average of 100, with rents at 73.9, so $43,140 here buys about what $46,224 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $62,620 a year or more, against $31,060 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Indiana someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 44,630 of these jobs in Indiana for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 16% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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