How much do Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Percentile spread

For Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers, the published 10th percentile is $37,510 and the 90th percentile is $67,120. The difference is $29,610, which is 65.6% 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 $37,610 to the 75th at $50,380, covers $12,770.

The mean annual wage is $47,830, which sits above the median of $45,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median is 23% lower than the national median of $58,650 for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,191, which is 19.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% lower than the Indiana median of $46,150.

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 $45,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers at $47,191 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN ranks 12th of 12 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).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 101 miles away, with a median of $58,300 and employment of 240. That median is 29.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,130, against $47,191 here.
• Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 111 miles away, with a median of $52,130 and employment of 140. That median is 15.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,009, against $47,191 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 137 miles away, with a median of $51,420 and employment of 70. That median is 13.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,375, against $47,191 here.

Employment share

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (570 of 1,105,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (48,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.65 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.