Best jobs in Indiana
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Indiana, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Indiana (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Indiana pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$588,890 vs $496,010 · +18.7%
$76,680 vs $64,120 · +19.6%
$128,830 vs $132,300 · -2.6%
$28,790 vs $31,200 · -7.7%
$459,300 vs $414,010 · +10.9%
$35,060 vs $35,800 · -2.1%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 752 scored occupations — show all 752show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
99
$71,330
+0.3%
30
116
$63,960
+3.1%
28
168
$64,700
+3.7%
24
203
$102,910
+1.9%
22
207
$44,270
-1.6%
22
284
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$42,810
+4.6%
18
298
$46,560
+6.3%
18
402
$62,040
+2.3%
15
520
$46,980
-12.1%
12
538
$46,790
+2.0%
12
549
$44,290
-3.8%
12
554
$49,420
+1.2%
11
612
$58,660
-13.7%
10
616
$47,310
-12.0%
10
619
$57,720
-14.4%
10
622
$53,990
-4.3%
9
630
$57,200
-1.1%
9
665
$49,420
-13.6%
8
723
$40,630
-9.0%
7
731
$39,110
-19.6%
6
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.