How much do Machine Feeders and Offbearers make in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN?

Percentile spread

For Machine Feeders and Offbearers, the published 10th percentile is $32,510 and the 90th percentile is $52,690. The difference is $20,180, which is 44.2% 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 $34,890 to the 75th at $48,490, covers $13,600.

The mean annual wage is $42,600, which sits below the median of $45,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN median is 10.8% higher than the national median of $41,220 for Machine Feeders and Offbearers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,892, which is 18.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.7% higher than the Indiana median of $37,850.

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 $45,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Machine Feeders and Offbearers at $48,892 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Machine Feeders and Offbearers. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ranks 5th of 15 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 $37,820 and employment of 600. That median is 17.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,521, against $48,892 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 98 miles away, with a median of $38,220 and employment of 230. That median is 16.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,314, against $48,892 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 101 miles away, with a median of $37,780 and employment of 100. That median is 17.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,686, against $48,892 here.

Employment share

Machine Feeders and Offbearers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN (60 of 102,200). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (42,330 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.16 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.