How much do Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment make in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN?

Percentile spread

For Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, the published 10th percentile is $47,350 and the 90th percentile is $85,600. The difference is $38,250, which is 56.6% 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 $67,530 to the 75th at $80,040, covers $12,510.

The mean annual wage is $70,960, which sits above the median of $67,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN median is 8.8% lower than the national median of $74,090 for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,300, which is 2.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% higher than the Indiana median of $66,620.

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 $67,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment at $72,300 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ranks 8th of 18 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).).

• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $64,870 and employment of 450. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,788, against $72,300 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 98 miles away, with a median of $59,950 and employment of 910. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,870, against $72,300 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 101 miles away, with a median of $62,820 and employment of 30. That median is 7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,652, against $72,300 here.

Employment share

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (50 of 102,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (65,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.17 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.