Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Indianapolis, IN

739 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Indianapolis, IN for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$45,180	360	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$45,160	570	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$45,080	780	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$44,940	100	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$44,890	1,000	View salary detail
Choreographers	$44,840	—	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$44,810	1,770	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,790	190	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$44,720	670	View salary detail
Craft Artists	$44,720	—	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$44,710	2,440	View salary detail
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$44,690	40	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,580	1,060	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$44,550	140	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$44,550	300	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$44,510	—	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$44,230	720	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$44,180	48,100	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$44,180	48,100	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,160	220	View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	$43,780	—	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$43,680	210	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$43,660	90	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$43,630	80	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$43,460	17,830	View salary detail
Tellers	$43,030	2,160	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$42,960	50	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$42,950	510	View salary detail
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$42,330	60	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$42,290	60	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$42,240	170	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$41,800	700	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$41,630	290	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$41,570	50	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$41,550	830	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$40,860	1,550	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$40,590	3,850	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$40,550	850	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$40,520	190	View salary detail
Orderlies	$40,420	500	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$40,370	290	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$40,210	330	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$40,190	390	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$40,160	1,600	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,040	200	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,880	1,480	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$39,800	80	View salary detail
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$39,690	240	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$39,650	300	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$39,640	220	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.