Protective Service Workers, All Other Salary — Indianapolis, Indiana

The average Protective Service Workers, All Other in Indianapolis, Indiana earns $47,610 a year.

$47,610 / year, mean
↓ 1.1% below national average 100th percentile in Indiana

Indianapolis 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 close to the national average for protective service workers, all other — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
N/A
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.5%
Cost of living 96 #95 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 $295,921 #105 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $77,065 #61 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Indianapolis ranks #95 for cost of living and #105 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.

Naples $68,270 Albany $65,870 Albany $61,490 Trenton $61,420 Grants Pass $61,310 Lexington $61,260 Medford $60,020 New York $60,020 Salem $58,030 Corpus Christi $57,010 Mount Vernon $56,970 Grand Rapids $56,340 Miami $56,190 Detroit $55,960 San Jose $55,580 Bend $55,030 Rochester $54,790 Lexington Park $54,330 Kiryas Joel $53,750 Bellingham $53,660 San Diego $52,390 Lynchburg $52,260 Napa $51,490 Wenatchee $51,410 Baltimore $50,910 Austin $50,580 Charleston $50,240 Portland $49,820 Bremerton $49,730 Fort Myers $49,510 Chicago $49,290 Olympia $49,260 San Francisco $49,120 Vallejo $48,980 Buffalo $48,870 Tallahassee $48,780 Hagerstown $48,060 Santa Rosa $47,640 Oxnard $47,620 Indianapolis $47,610 Blacksburg $47,090 Gettysburg $46,670 Atlantic City $46,600 Traverse City $46,480 Modesto $45,950 Louisville $45,930 Tampa $45,680 Jacksonville $45,650 Yakima $45,470 Seattle $45,310 Los Angeles $44,880 Santa Maria $44,650 Lebanon $44,640 Sarasota $44,460 Dallas $44,360 Syracuse $44,340 Visalia $44,250 Riverside $44,070 Orlando $43,660 Redding $42,880 Fort Wayne $42,410 Chico $42,130 Bakersfield $42,110 Yuba City $41,890 Salinas $41,750 Winchester $41,290 Hanford $41,020 Merced $40,940 Philadelphia $40,920 Stockton $40,240 Virginia Beach $40,220 Scranton $40,140 Allentown $39,580 Fresno $39,110 El Paso $38,950 El Centro $38,260 Williamsport $38,120 Erie $37,840 Lakeland $37,640 Houston $37,530 Roanoke $37,060 Pittsburgh $36,890 York $36,700 Lancaster $36,410 Harrisburg $36,280 State College $34,690 Brownsville $34,570 Reading $33,920 San Antonio $33,590 McAllen $28,330
CityMean salaryvs. Indianapolis
Albany, Oregon$65,870+38.4%
Albany, New York$61,490+29.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$39,580-16.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$46,600-2.1%
Austin, Texas$50,580+6.2%
Bakersfield, California$42,110-11.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$50,910+6.9%
Bellingham, Washington$53,660+12.7%
Bend, Oregon$55,030+15.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$47,090-1.1%
Bremerton, Washington$49,730+4.5%
Brownsville, Texas$34,570-27.4%
Buffalo, New York$48,870+2.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$49,510+4.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$50,240+5.5%
Chicago, Illinois$49,290+3.5%
Chico, California$42,130-11.5%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,010+19.7%
Dallas, Texas$44,360-6.8%
Detroit, Michigan$55,960+17.5%
El Centro, California$38,260-19.6%
El Paso, Texas$38,950-18.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$37,840-20.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$42,410-10.9%
Fresno, California$39,110-17.9%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$46,670-2.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,340+18.3%
Grants Pass, Oregon$61,310+28.8%
Hagerstown, Maryland$48,060+0.9%
Hanford, California$41,020-13.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$36,280-23.8%
Houston, Texas$37,530-21.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$45,650-4.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$53,750+12.9%
Lakeland, Florida$37,640-20.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$36,410-23.5%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$44,640-6.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$61,260+28.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$54,330+14.1%
Los Angeles, California$44,880-5.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$45,930-3.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$52,260+9.8%
McAllen, Texas$28,330-40.5%
Medford, Oregon$60,020+26.1%
Merced, California$40,940-14.0%
Miami, Florida$56,190+18.0%
Modesto, California$45,950-3.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$56,970+19.7%
Napa, California$51,490+8.1%
Naples, Florida$68,270+43.4%
New York, New York$60,020+26.1%
Sarasota, Florida$44,460-6.6%
Olympia, Washington$49,260+3.5%
Orlando, Florida$43,660-8.3%
Oxnard, California$47,620+0.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$40,920-14.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$36,890-22.5%
Portland, Oregon$49,820+4.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$33,920-28.8%
Redding, California$42,880-9.9%
Riverside, California$44,070-7.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$37,060-22.2%
Rochester, New York$54,790+15.1%
Salem, Oregon$58,030+21.9%
Salinas, California$41,750-12.3%
San Antonio, Texas$33,590-29.4%
San Diego, California$52,390+10.0%
San Francisco, California$49,120+3.2%
San Jose, California$55,580+16.7%
Santa Maria, California$44,650-6.2%
Santa Rosa, California$47,640+0.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$40,140-15.7%
Seattle, Washington$45,310-4.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$34,690-27.1%
Stockton, California$40,240-15.5%
Syracuse, New York$44,340-6.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,780+2.5%
Tampa, Florida$45,680-4.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$46,480-2.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$61,420+29.0%
Vallejo, California$48,980+2.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$40,220-15.5%
Visalia, California$44,250-7.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$51,410+8.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$38,120-19.9%
Winchester, Virginia$41,290-13.3%
Yakima, Washington$45,470-4.5%
York, Pennsylvania$36,700-22.9%
Yuba City, California$41,890-12.0%
Gross salary
47,610/yr
Estimated take-home
38,095/yr
Est. total withheld
20.0%

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 33-9099 SOC code
Official area Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: in_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
CarmelGreenwood
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)
2,106,327