How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN?

Percentile spread

For Driver/Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $19,860 and the 90th percentile is $48,850. The difference is $28,990, which is 101.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,680 to the 75th at $39,170, covers $16,490.

The mean annual wage is $32,280, which sits above the median of $28,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN median is 26.2% lower than the national median of $38,770 for Driver/Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,611, which is 21% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21.1% lower than the Indiana median of $36,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 93.430, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $28,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Driver/Sales Workers at $30,611 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Driver/Sales Workers. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ranks 33rd of 37 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kokomo, IN is 47 miles away, with a median of $30,540 and employment of 130. That median is 6.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,067, against $30,611 here.
• Kankakee, IL is 63 miles away, with a median of $32,280 and employment of 70. That median is 12.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,488, against $30,611 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $40,590 and employment of 3,850. That median is 41.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,416, against $30,611 here.

Employment share

Driver/Sales Workers accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (370 of 102,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.