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Chief Executive Salary Information in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

The annual and hourly salary statistics of chief executives in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage information of chief executives in Indianapolis-Carmel is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2016 and published in April 2017 [1].

Table 1 & Table 2. Annual & Hourly Salaries of Chief Executives in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$38,330
25th Percentile Wage	$98,440
50th Percentile Wage	$158,230
75th Percentile Wage	No Data
90th Percentile Wage	No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $158,230. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $98,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,330.

Percentile Bracket	Average Hourly Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$18.43
25th Percentile Wage	$47.33
50th Percentile Wage	$76.06
75th Percentile Wage	No Data
90th Percentile Wage	No Data

Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for chief executives in Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana. The median hourly salary is $76.06. The average hourly salary of the 25th percentile is $47.33. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $18.43.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2016)

The following table and chart show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2016. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2016.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	4-Year Growth
2016	158,230	-17.38%	-13.96%
2015	185,730	2.91%	-
2012	180,320	-	-

Table 3. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Indianapolis-Carmel with Other Indiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $158,230 in Indianapolis-Carmel is in the middle of salary range for chief executives in state of Indiana. In comparison, the annual salary of chief executives in Indianapolis-Carmel is 4.6 percent (4.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Elkhart-Goshen and 44.5 percent (44.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Kokomo.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Elkhart-Goshen	$165,830
Columbus	$164,220
Indianapolis-Carmel	$158,230
Terre Haute	$151,070
Lafayette	$147,700
Fort Wayne	$125,360
Anderson	$122,030
Muncie	$118,240
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$113,790
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$105,640
Michigan City-La Porte	$102,270
Bloomington	$98,790
Gary	$95,130
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area	$88,820
Kokomo	$87,760