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Behavioral health pay in Indiana

A hiring manager staffing Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana should budget about $64.6K, not the national median of about $67.9K.

A hiring manager staffing Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana should budget about $64.6K, not the national median of about $67.9K.

Psychiatric Technicians is the other Indiana conversation: about $40.9K, 9% under the national median.

If the intake asks for scale, Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana is 3,890 workers, with a 75th percentile of $78.9K.

Each occupation

1Healthcare Social Workers

State median
$64,580
75th percentile
$78,880
U.S. median
$67,880
State vs U.S.
0.95
State employment
3,890

2Health Education Specialists

State median
$58,170
75th percentile
$79,360
U.S. median
$64,070
State vs U.S.
0.91
State employment
1,380

3Marriage and Family Therapists

State median
$56,810
75th percentile
$71,680
U.S. median
$66,940
State vs U.S.
0.85
State employment
510

4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

State median
$53,760
75th percentile
$66,340
U.S. median
$59,350
State vs U.S.
0.91
State employment
11,890

5Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

State median
$48,300
75th percentile
$64,610
U.S. median
$60,280
State vs U.S.
0.80
State employment
2,490

6Community Health Workers

State median
$47,960
75th percentile
$57,040
U.S. median
$51,850
State vs U.S.
0.92
State employment
1,310

7Psychiatric Technicians

State median
$40,910
75th percentile
$46,550
U.S. median
$45,130
State vs U.S.
0.91
State employment
6,790

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

RankOccupationState median75th percentileU.S. medianState vs U.S.State employment
1Healthcare Social Workers$64,580$78,880$67,8800.953,890
2Health Education Specialists$58,170$79,360$64,0700.911,380
3Marriage and Family Therapists$56,810$71,680$66,9400.85510
4Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$53,760$66,340$59,3500.9111,890
5Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$48,300$64,610$60,2800.802,490
6Community Health Workers$47,960$57,040$51,8500.921,310
7Psychiatric Technicians$40,910$46,550$45,1300.916,790

Takeaways

  • The Indiana wage to brief first is about $64.6K for Healthcare Social Workers.
  • National pay for Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana is about $67.9K.
  • Stretch pay for Healthcare Social Workers in Indiana is $78.9K.
  • Indiana closes on Psychiatric Technicians, about $40.9K, 9% under the national median.

For recruiters

  • Budget Healthcare Social Workers from the state file.
  • Keep the comparison next to the dollars.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

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Methodology

Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the Indiana median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 4 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Healthcare Social Workers state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. Indiana is 26 of 51. A row links to the Indiana metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $64,580 is stated as about $64.6K. $67,880 is stated as about $67.9K. a comparison of 0.95 is stated as 5 percent. $78,880 is stated as about $78.9K. $40,910 is stated as about $40.9K. a comparison of 0.91 is stated as 9 percent. $45,130 is stated as about $45.1K.

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