Agricultural Equipment Operators Salary — Lafayette, Indiana

The average Agricultural Equipment Operators in Lafayette, Indiana earns $51,310 a year.

$51,310 / year, mean
↑ 19.8% above national average 100th percentile in Indiana

Lafayette sits at the very top of the range for this role in Indiana — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for agricultural equipment operators. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Indiana

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
30
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.3%
Cost of living 93 #120 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1484 #39 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $286,179 #111 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $59,895 #166 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lafayette ranks #120 for cost of living and #111 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Lafayette $51,310 Indianapolis $51,290 Philadelphia $49,580 Champaign $48,930 Terre Haute $48,820 Evansville $47,820 Chicago $47,750 Peoria $47,530 Sacramento $47,520 Napa $47,160 Bloomington $46,900 Portland $46,880 Medford $46,650 Santa Rosa $46,180 Albany $45,970 Fort Wayne $44,980 San Luis Obispo $44,240 Yakima $43,900 Lancaster $43,730 Lansing $43,010 Baltimore $42,710 Santa Maria $42,620 Salem $42,580 El Centro $42,510 Corpus Christi $42,240 Merced $42,050 Modesto $41,930 Oxnard $41,920 Vallejo $41,570 Salinas $41,180 Yuba City $40,660 Stockton $40,250 Bakersfield $39,990 Hanford $39,860 Miami $39,480 Fresno $39,250 Visalia $37,970 Lubbock $33,530 McAllen $30,870
CityMean salaryvs. Lafayette
Albany, Oregon$45,970-10.4%
Bakersfield, California$39,990-22.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$42,710-16.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$46,900-8.6%
Champaign, Illinois$48,930-4.6%
Chicago, Illinois$47,750-6.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$42,240-17.7%
El Centro, California$42,510-17.2%
Evansville, Indiana$47,820-6.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$44,980-12.3%
Fresno, California$39,250-23.5%
Hanford, California$39,860-22.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$51,290-0.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$43,730-14.8%
Lansing, Michigan$43,010-16.2%
Lubbock, Texas$33,530-34.7%
McAllen, Texas$30,870-39.8%
Medford, Oregon$46,650-9.1%
Merced, California$42,050-18.0%
Miami, Florida$39,480-23.1%
Modesto, California$41,930-18.3%
Napa, California$47,160-8.1%
Oxnard, California$41,920-18.3%
Peoria, Illinois$47,530-7.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$49,580-3.4%
Portland, Oregon$46,880-8.6%
Sacramento, California$47,520-7.4%
Salem, Oregon$42,580-17.0%
Salinas, California$41,180-19.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$44,240-13.8%
Santa Maria, California$42,620-16.9%
Santa Rosa, California$46,180-10.0%
Stockton, California$40,250-21.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$48,820-4.9%
Vallejo, California$41,570-19.0%
Visalia, California$37,970-26.0%
Yakima, Washington$43,900-14.4%
Yuba City, California$40,660-20.8%
Gross salary
51,310/yr
Estimated take-home
41,254/yr
Est. total withheld
19.6%

Single filer, federal + Indiana state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 45-2091 SOC code
Official area Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29200 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: in_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
West Lafayette
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
225,019