Salaries in Indianapolis.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.91x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$315,000

Senior VP of Security

Median of All Roles

$126,000

Push Notification Engineer

Entry Level

$30,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Indianapolis, IN has a cost-of-living index of 0.91x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Security at $315,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $126,000. Indianapolis has a diversified economy led by healthcare, life sciences, and motorsports engineering.

About the Indianapolis market

Indianapolis has a diversified economy led by healthcare, life sciences, and motorsports engineering. Eli Lilly's headquarters drives a major pharmaceutical and biotech cluster. The city's extremely affordable cost of living means that even moderate salaries deliver strong purchasing power, making it an underrated destination for professionals seeking financial stability.

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Top 50 salaries in Indianapolis

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Senior VP of Security	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
2	Chief Security Officer	$312,000	$243,000 – $406,000
3	Senior VP of Product	$309,000	$241,000 – $402,000
4	SVP of Engineering	$301,000	$255,000 – $391,000
5	SVP of Data	$298,000	$253,000 – $387,000
6	SVP of AI Innovation	$295,000	$250,000 – $383,000
7	Chief AI Officer	$293,000	$218,000 – $379,000
8	Chief Strategy Officer	$293,000	$229,000 – $381,000
9	Chief Science Officer	$288,000	$225,000 – $374,000
10	VP of IT	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
11	VP of Infrastructure	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
12	VP of Information Technology	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
13	VP of Support Engineering	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
14	VP of Network Engineering	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
15	VP of Core Engineering	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
16	VP of Quality	$287,000	$244,000 – $373,000
17	SVP of Product	$286,000	$243,000 – $372,000
18	SVP of Technology	$286,000	$243,000 – $372,000
19	VP of Information Security	$284,000	$242,000 – $369,000
20	VP of Security Engineering	$284,000	$242,000 – $369,000
21	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$284,000	$242,000 – $369,000
22	SVP of Finance	$283,000	$241,000 – $368,000
23	VP of AI	$281,000	$239,000 – $366,000
24	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$281,000	$219,000 – $366,000
25	Chief Legal Officer	$281,000	$219,000 – $366,000
26	VP of Solutions Engineering	$281,000	$239,000 – $366,000
27	SVP of Sales	$281,000	$219,000 – $366,000
28	VP of AI Product	$278,000	$237,000 – $362,000
29	VP of Data Engineering	$278,000	$237,000 – $362,000
30	VP of Cloud	$278,000	$237,000 – $362,000
31	Chief Data & AI Officer	$277,000	$206,000 – $361,000
32	Senior VP of Design	$277,000	$216,000 – $359,000
33	VP of Machine Learning	$276,000	$235,000 – $359,000
34	VP of Platform Engineering	$276,000	$235,000 – $359,000
35	VP of Privacy	$276,000	$235,000 – $359,000
36	VP of Security	$276,000	$235,000 – $359,000
37	VP of Field Engineering	$276,000	$235,000 – $359,000
38	Senior Head of Security	$274,000	$233,000 – $356,000
39	VP of Finance	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
40	VP of Analytics	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
41	VP of Developer Experience	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
42	VP of Technical Support	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
43	VP of Reliability Engineering	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
44	SVP of Strategy	$273,000	$213,000 – $355,000
45	VP of Application Engineering	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
46	VP of Cybersecurity	$273,000	$232,000 – $355,000
47	VP of AI Engineering	$270,000	$230,000 – $351,000
48	CTO	$270,000	$211,000 – $351,000
49	VP of Mobile	$270,000	$230,000 – $351,000
50	Chief Digital Officer	$270,000	$210,000 – $351,000

Tax considerations

Indiana has a flat 3.05% state income tax, one of the lowest in the country. Marion County adds about 2.02% in local taxes. The combined rate remains well below most major metros.

Negotiating in Indianapolis

Benchmark against pharmaceutical industry pay scales. Eli Lilly and the biotech cluster set high compensation floors that ripple across all professional roles in Indianapolis.

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