SOC 33-3031 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025
How much do Fish and Game Wardens make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fish and Game Wardens in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is $75,990. The 10th percentile is $65,990 and the 90th percentile is $111,990. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$75,990
- 10th percentile
- $65,990
- 25th percentile
- $75,990
- Median
- $75,990
- 75th percentile
- $105,990
- 90th percentile
- $111,990
- Mean
- $87,580
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Fish and Game Wardens, the published 10th percentile is $65,990 and the 90th percentile is $111,990. The difference is $46,000, which is 60.5% 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 $75,990 to the 75th at $105,990, covers $30,000.
The mean annual wage is $87,580, which sits above the median of $75,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $74,060 for Fish and Game Wardens. In 2024 national prices the local median is $79,408, which is 7.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 19.2% lower than the Indiana median of $93,990.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 95.696, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fish and Game Wardens at $79,408 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Fish and Game Wardens in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Fish and Game Wardens accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (30 of 1,105,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN · Fish and Game Wardens by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Fish and Game Wardens make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fish and Game Wardens in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is $75,990. The 10th percentile is $65,990 and the 90th percentile is $111,990. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Fish and Game Wardens?
The local median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $74,060.
What is Fish and Game Wardens pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 95.696, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,990 is $79,408. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.