What is the median wage in Muncie?

The median wage for all occupations in the Muncie, IN area is $44,110 a year, compared with $47,860 a year for Indiana (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025).

What is the highest paying job in Muncie?

Among occupations with at least 50 jobs, physicians, all other have the highest median wage at $436,300 a year.

Checked Oct 23, 2026

Muncie, IN Wages

Pay for every occupation in the Muncie, IN metropolitan area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025).

Median wage: $44,110 a year; All occupations
Indiana median: $47,860 a year
Employment: 44,740; Wage and salary jobs
Occupations with data: 193

Pay range in Muncie, IN

All occupations: 10th to 90th percentile, middle half shaded

10%: $27,410Median: $44,11090%: $91,410

Highest paying occupations

Occupations with at least 50 jobs here

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#	Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
1	Physicians, All Other	90	$436,300	$323,690
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	50	$303,660	$337,290
3	Pharmacists	120	$135,280	$136,940
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	120	$127,880	$132,950
5	Nurse Practitioners	140	$122,490	$115,220
6	Sales Managers	110	$112,230	$122,320
7	Financial Managers	230	$102,430	$126,170
8	Lawyers	60	$102,140	$134,950
9	Industrial Production Managers	80	$102,080	$112,280
10	Physical Therapists	80	$101,710	$97,670
11	Administrative Services Managers	50	$100,740	$116,390
12	General and Operations Managers	640	$99,750	$122,550
13	Software Developers	120	$99,380	$105,030
14	Medical and Health Services Managers	230	$98,200	$110,760
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	90	$94,500	$95,450

Most common occupations

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#	Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,120	$27,560	$27,620
2	Retail Salespersons	1,710	$31,060	$34,320
3	Cashiers	1,310	$28,660	$29,130
4	Registered Nurses	1,220	$79,500	$83,430
5	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	970	$37,900	$35,720
6	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	930	$35,350	$35,590
7	Office Clerks, General	900	$38,890	$42,140
8	Stockers and Order Fillers	890	$35,020	$34,410
9	Waiters and Waitresses	730	$23,720	$28,030
10	Nursing Assistants	700	$37,080	$37,820
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	690	$37,490	$38,230
12	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	670	$37,210	$38,660
13	General and Operations Managers	640	$99,750	$122,550
14	Customer Service Representatives	640	$39,640	$41,280
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	600	$43,260	$43,150

Jobs concentrated here

Highest location quotient: the share of jobs compared with the U.S. (2.0 = twice the national share)

Lowest paying occupations

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Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
Bartenders	200	$21,780	$26,050
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	70	$22,240	$22,660
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	180	$23,470	$25,200
Waiters and Waitresses	730	$23,720	$28,030
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	180	$26,520	$26,740
Dishwashers	120	$27,460	$26,670
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,120	$27,560	$27,620
Animal Caretakers	80	$27,770	$27,870
Food Preparation Workers	280	$27,860	$29,350
Cooks, Short Order	50	$28,030	$29,780

Every occupation in Muncie, IN

Median wage by occupation group

Management Occupations (16)

Administrative Services Managers$100,740 a year
Architectural and Engineering Managers$128,370 a year
Computer and Information Systems Managers$127,880 a year
Construction Managers$85,330 a year
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$94,500 a year
Financial Managers$102,430 a year
Food Service Managers$69,520 a year
General and Operations Managers$99,750 a year
Human Resources Managers$119,310 a year
Industrial Production Managers$102,080 a year
Managers, All Other$60,020 a year
Marketing Managers$102,640 a year
Medical and Health Services Managers$98,200 a year
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$49,220 a year
Sales Managers$112,230 a year
Social and Community Service Managers$70,520 a year

Business and Financial Operations Occupations (13)

Accountants and Auditors$71,820 a year
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$65,140 a year
Buyers and Purchasing Agents$62,480 a year
Compliance Officers$60,400 a year
Cost Estimators$63,870 a year
Fundraisers$61,220 a year
Human Resources Specialists$60,990 a year
Loan Officers$63,460 a year
Management Analysts$82,610 a year
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$54,440 a year
Personal Financial Advisors$66,640 a year
Project Management Specialists$81,080 a year
Training and Development Specialists$53,880 a year

Computer and Mathematical Occupations (6)

Computer Network Support Specialists$68,280 a year
Computer Systems Analysts$79,390 a year
Computer User Support Specialists$51,200 a year
Data Scientists$82,160 a year
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$78,170 a year
Software Developers$99,380 a year

Architecture and Engineering Occupations (2)

Industrial Engineers$83,990 a year
Mechanical Engineers$86,010 a year

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (1)

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$79,300 a year

Community and Social Service Occupations (5)

Child, Family, and School Social Workers$50,470 a year
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$47,700 a year
Healthcare Social Workers$60,430 a year
Social and Human Service Assistants$43,270 a year
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$48,800 a year

Legal Occupations (2)

Lawyers$102,140 a year
Paralegals and Legal Assistants$50,810 a year

Educational Instruction and Library Occupations (10)

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$58,610 a year
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$50,280 a year
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,690 a year
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$75,320 a year
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$30,700 a year
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,890 a year
Self-Enrichment Teachers$38,970 a year
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$56,900 a year
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$34,730 a year
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$32,200 a year

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (3)

Coaches and Scouts$59,640 a year
Graphic Designers$45,700 a year
Public Relations Specialists$57,340 a year

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (19)

Athletic Trainers$59,120 a year
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$46,400 a year
Dental Hygienists$91,060 a year
Dentists, General$190,750 a year
General Internal Medicine Physicians$303,660 a year
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$45,440 a year
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$64,330 a year
Medical Records Specialists$43,160 a year
Nurse Practitioners$122,490 a year
Occupational Therapists$94,050 a year
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians$38,340 a year
Opticians, Dispensing$36,600 a year
Pharmacists$135,280 a year
Pharmacy Technicians$38,200 a year
Physical Therapists$101,710 a year
Physicians, All Other$436,300 a year
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$61,680 a year
Registered Nurses$79,500 a year
Speech-Language Pathologists$80,860 a year

Healthcare Support Occupations (6)

Dental Assistants$45,500 a year
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,350 a year
Medical Assistants$40,940 a year
Nursing Assistants$37,080 a year
Phlebotomists$36,000 a year
Physical Therapist Assistants$57,940 a year

Protective Service Occupations (6)

Crossing Guards and FlaggersNot reported
Firefighters$62,780 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$75,580 a year
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$28,750 a year
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$64,040 a year
Security Guards$32,520 a year

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations (13)

Bartenders$21,780 a year
Chefs and Head Cooks$37,920 a year
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$34,370 a year
Cooks, Restaurant$30,050 a year
Cooks, Short Order$28,030 a year
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$26,520 a year
Dishwashers$27,460 a year
Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,560 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,760 a year
Food Preparation Workers$27,860 a year
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$30,510 a year
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$23,470 a year
Waiters and Waitresses$23,720 a year

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations (6)

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$50,140 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$59,570 a year
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$37,900 a year
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$37,210 a year
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$28,660 a year
Pest Control Workers$36,420 a year

Personal Care and Service Occupations (6)

Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,240 a year
Animal Caretakers$27,770 a year
Childcare Workers$30,800 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$46,650 a year
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$31,020 a year
Recreation Workers$28,930 a year

Sales and Related Occupations (9)

Cashiers$28,660 a year
Counter and Rental Clerks$36,230 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$45,880 a year
Insurance Sales Agents$58,520 a year
Parts Salespersons$37,110 a year
Retail Salespersons$31,060 a year
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$61,570 a year
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$70,420 a year
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$59,120 a year

Office and Administrative Support Occupations (23)

Bill and Account Collectors$39,360 a year
Billing and Posting Clerks$43,370 a year
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,650 a year
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$42,530 a year
Customer Service Representatives$39,640 a year
Data Entry Keyers$33,810 a year
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$47,130 a year
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$52,390 a year
File Clerks$35,370 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,400 a year
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$30,570 a year
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,770 a year
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,190 a year
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$40,520 a year
Office Clerks, General$38,890 a year
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$46,200 a year
Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,880 a year
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,390 a year
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$55,320 a year
Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,040 a year
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$38,780 a year
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$41,660 a year
Tellers$36,680 a year

Construction and Extraction Occupations (10)

Carpenters$59,890 a year
Construction and Building Inspectors$48,830 a year
Construction Laborers$46,250 a year
Electricians$66,880 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,080 a year
Highway Maintenance Workers$45,070 a year
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,910 a year
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,400 a year
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,790 a year
Sheet Metal Workers$55,280 a year

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations (8)

Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,740 a year
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,360 a year
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$58,510 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$71,800 a year
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$55,850 a year
Industrial Machinery Mechanics$62,140 a year
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,600 a year
Tire Repairers and Changers$34,280 a year

Production Occupations (17)

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,830 a year
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$43,140 a year
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,010 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,210 a year
Helpers--Production Workers$29,540 a year
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,670 a year
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,610 a year
Machinists$48,360 a year
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,260 a year
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,050 a year
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,260 a year
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators$37,180 a year
Printing Press Operators$35,750 a year
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$49,670 a year
Tool and Die Makers$61,310 a year
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,750 a year
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,340 a year

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations (12)

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$35,020 a year
Bus Drivers, School$44,390 a year
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$28,340 a year
Driver/Sales Workers$30,410 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling$57,100 a year
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,810 a year
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$42,630 a year
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,490 a year
Light Truck Drivers$45,900 a year
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$60,940 a year
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$30,370 a year
Stockers and Order Fillers$35,020 a year

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage in Muncie?: The median wage for all occupations in the Muncie, IN area is $44,110 a year, compared with $47,860 a year for Indiana (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025).
What is the highest paying job in Muncie?: Among occupations with at least 50 jobs, physicians, all other have the highest median wage at $436,300 a year.

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