Counties in Indiana by wages and salaries paid

Marion County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 92 counties in 2018, at $38.22 billion. Ohio County had the lowest, at $46.17 million. The median was $572.19 million and the figure for Indiana was $156.2 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest38,218.5Marion County
Lowest46.2Ohio County
Median572.292 counties
Indiana156,199.3History

Map of counties, 2018

Adams County: 595.3 USD millionAllen County: 9,729.6 USD millionBartholomew County: 3,093.2 USD millionBenton County: 112.3 USD millionBlackford County: 136.4 USD millionBoone County: 1,451.5 USD millionBrown County: 93.3 USD millionCarroll County: 222.6 USD millionCass County: 609.3 USD millionClark County: 2,460.2 USD millionClay County: 301.7 USD millionClinton County: 498.8 USD millionCrawford County: 71.6 USD millionDaviess County: 499 USD millionDearborn County: 614.8 USD millionDecatur County: 712.7 USD millionDeKalb County: 1,162.1 USD millionDelaware County: 2,032.1 USD millionDubois County: 1,345.6 USD millionElkhart County: 7,355.1 USD millionFayette County: 261.4 USD millionFloyd County: 1,426.7 USD millionFountain County: 186.1 USD millionFranklin County: 172.2 USD millionFulton County: 269 USD millionGibson County: 1,178.1 USD millionGrant County: 1,213 USD millionGreene County: 261.9 USD millionHamilton County: 8,733.2 USD millionHancock County: 1,205.3 USD millionHarrison County: 439.4 USD millionHendricks County: 3,159.7 USD millionHenry County: 529.6 USD millionHoward County: 2,053.4 USD millionHuntington County: 594.9 USD millionJackson County: 1,059.2 USD millionJasper County: 512.8 USD millionJay County: 293 USD millionJefferson County: 548.5 USD millionJennings County: 323.1 USD millionJohnson County: 2,507.8 USD millionKnox County: 768.1 USD millionKosciusko County: 2,079.7 USD millionLaGrange County: 716.3 USD millionLake County: 10,044.6 USD millionLaPorte County: 1,853.8 USD millionLawrence County: 604.4 USD millionMadison County: 1,765.1 USD millionMarion County: 38,218.5 USD millionMarshall County: 776.3 USD millionMartin County: 550.4 USD millionMiami County: 410.6 USD millionMonroe County: 3,163.6 USD millionMontgomery County: 743.8 USD millionMorgan County: 679.8 USD millionNewton County: 144.9 USD millionNoble County: 814 USD millionOhio County: 46.2 USD millionOrange County: 294.5 USD millionOwen County: 216 USD millionParke County: 114.8 USD millionPerry County: 289.9 USD millionPike County: 149 USD millionPorter County: 3,088.2 USD millionPosey County: 540.3 USD millionPulaski County: 210.6 USD millionPutnam County: 558.1 USD millionRandolph County: 266.7 USD millionRipley County: 586.3 USD millionRush County: 220.1 USD millionSt. Joseph County: 6,232.4 USD millionScott County: 335.2 USD millionShelby County: 884.4 USD millionSpencer County: 303.5 USD millionStarke County: 166.2 USD millionSteuben County: 650 USD millionSullivan County: 255 USD millionSwitzerland County: 92.5 USD millionTippecanoe County: 4,723.1 USD millionTipton County: 289.3 USD millionUnion County: 49.6 USD millionVanderburgh County: 5,428.3 USD millionVermillion County: 219.4 USD millionVigo County: 2,187.2 USD millionWabash County: 494.4 USD millionWarren County: 85.1 USD millionWarrick County: 849.5 USD millionWashington County: 242.1 USD millionWayne County: 1,323.6 USD millionWells County: 459.7 USD millionWhite County: 391.2 USD millionWhitley County: 597.7 USD million
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USD million, 2018. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2018

Marion County: 38,218.5 USD millionMarion County38,218.5Lake County: 10,044.6 USD millionLake County10,044.6Allen County: 9,729.6 USD millionAllen County9,729.6Hamilton County: 8,733.2 USD millionHamilton County8,733.2Elkhart County: 7,355.1 USD millionElkhart County7,355.1St. Joseph County: 6,232.4 USD millionSt. Joseph County6,232.4Vanderburgh County: 5,428.3 USD millionVanderburgh County5,428.3Tippecanoe County: 4,723.1 USD millionTippecanoe County4,723.1Monroe County: 3,163.6 USD millionMonroe County3,163.6Hendricks County: 3,159.7 USD millionHendricks County3,159.7Bartholomew County: 3,093.2 USD millionBartholomew County3,093.2Porter County: 3,088.2 USD millionPorter County3,088.2Johnson County: 2,507.8 USD millionJohnson County2,507.8Clark County: 2,460.2 USD millionClark County2,460.2Vigo County: 2,187.2 USD millionVigo County2,187.2Kosciusko County: 2,079.7 USD millionKosciusko County2,079.7Howard County: 2,053.4 USD millionHoward County2,053.4Delaware County: 2,032.1 USD millionDelaware County2,032.1LaPorte County: 1,853.8 USD millionLaPorte County1,853.8Madison County: 1,765.1 USD millionMadison County1,765.1Boone County: 1,451.5 USD millionBoone County1,451.5Floyd County: 1,426.7 USD millionFloyd County1,426.7Dubois County: 1,345.6 USD millionDubois County1,345.6Wayne County: 1,323.6 USD millionWayne County1,323.6Grant County: 1,213 USD millionGrant County1,213Hancock County: 1,205.3 USD millionHancock County1,205.3Gibson County: 1,178.1 USD millionGibson County1,178.1DeKalb County: 1,162.1 USD millionDeKalb County1,162.1Jackson County: 1,059.2 USD millionJackson County1,059.2Shelby County: 884.4 USD millionShelby County884.4Warrick County: 849.5 USD millionWarrick County849.5Noble County: 814 USD millionNoble County814Marshall County: 776.3 USD millionMarshall County776.3Knox County: 768.1 USD millionKnox County768.1Montgomery County: 743.8 USD millionMontgomery County743.8LaGrange County: 716.3 USD millionLaGrange County716.3Decatur County: 712.7 USD millionDecatur County712.7Morgan County: 679.8 USD millionMorgan County679.8Steuben County: 650 USD millionSteuben County650Dearborn County: 614.8 USD millionDearborn County614.8Marion County: 38,218.5 USD millionMarion County38,218.5Lake County: 10,044.6 USD millionLake County10,044.6Allen County: 9,729.6 USD millionAllen County9,729.6Hamilton County: 8,733.2 USD millionHamilton County8,733.2Elkhart County: 7,355.1 USD millionElkhart County7,355.1St. Joseph County: 6,232.4 USD millionSt. Joseph County6,232.4Vanderburgh County: 5,428.3 USD millionVanderburgh County5,428.3Tippecanoe County: 4,723.1 USD millionTippecanoe County4,723.1Monroe County: 3,163.6 USD millionMonroe County3,163.6Hendricks County: 3,159.7 USD millionHendricks County3,159.7Bartholomew County: 3,093.2 USD millionBartholomew County3,093.2Porter County: 3,088.2 USD millionPorter County3,088.2Johnson County: 2,507.8 USD millionJohnson County2,507.8Clark County: 2,460.2 USD millionClark County2,460.2Vigo County: 2,187.2 USD millionVigo County2,187.2Kosciusko County: 2,079.7 USD millionKosciusko County2,079.7Howard County: 2,053.4 USD millionHoward County2,053.4Delaware County: 2,032.1 USD millionDelaware County2,032.1LaPorte County: 1,853.8 USD millionLaPorte County1,853.8Madison County: 1,765.1 USD millionMadison County1,765.1Boone County: 1,451.5 USD millionBoone County1,451.5Floyd County: 1,426.7 USD millionFloyd County1,426.7Dubois County: 1,345.6 USD millionDubois County1,345.6Wayne County: 1,323.6 USD millionWayne County1,323.6Grant County: 1,213 USD millionGrant County1,213Hancock County: 1,205.3 USD millionHancock County1,205.3Gibson County: 1,178.1 USD millionGibson County1,178.1DeKalb County: 1,162.1 USD millionDeKalb County1,162.1Jackson County: 1,059.2 USD millionJackson County1,059.2Shelby County: 884.4 USD millionShelby County884.4Warrick County: 849.5 USD millionWarrick County849.5Noble County: 814 USD millionNoble County814Marshall County: 776.3 USD millionMarshall County776.3Knox County: 768.1 USD millionKnox County768.1Montgomery County: 743.8 USD millionMontgomery County743.8LaGrange County: 716.3 USD millionLaGrange County716.3Decatur County: 712.7 USD millionDecatur County712.7Morgan County: 679.8 USD millionMorgan County679.8Steuben County: 650 USD millionSteuben County650Dearborn County: 614.8 USD millionDearborn County614.8
USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
USD million
Change on 2017
1Marion County38,218.5+4.1%
2Lake County10,044.6+4%
3Allen County9,729.6+5.6%
4Hamilton County8,733.2+4%
5Elkhart County7,355.1+1.8%
6St. Joseph County6,232.4+3.9%
7Vanderburgh County5,428.3+2%
8Tippecanoe County4,723.1+9.4%
9Monroe County3,163.6+3%
10Hendricks County3,159.7+8.3%
11Bartholomew County3,093.2+8.6%
12Porter County3,088.2+5.9%
13Johnson County2,507.8+10.1%
14Clark County2,460.2+3.3%
15Vigo County2,187.2+1.9%
16Kosciusko County2,079.7+5%
17Howard County2,053.4+0.8%
18Delaware County2,032.1+1.8%
19LaPorte County1,853.8+4.1%
20Madison County1,765.1+4.7%
21Boone County1,451.5+9.1%
22Floyd County1,426.7+4%
23Dubois County1,345.6+2.4%
24Wayne County1,323.6+4%
25Grant County1,213+5.8%
26Hancock County1,205.3+3.5%
27Gibson County1,178.1+4.1%
28DeKalb County1,162.1+6.2%
29Jackson County1,059.2+7.2%
30Shelby County884.4+4.3%
31Warrick County849.5+7%
32Noble County814+5.6%
33Marshall County776.3+1.8%
34Knox County768.1+3.3%
35Montgomery County743.8+4%
36LaGrange County716.3+5.5%
37Decatur County712.7+5.2%
38Morgan County679.8-3.7%
39Steuben County650+6.4%
40Dearborn County614.8+5.5%
41Cass County609.3+2.3%
42Lawrence County604.4+6.7%
43Whitley County597.7+7.7%
44Adams County595.3+3.6%
45Huntington County594.9+3%
46Ripley County586.3-1.1%
47Putnam County558.1+2.1%
48Martin County550.4+3.8%
49Jefferson County548.5+3.5%
50Posey County540.3+8.5%
51Henry County529.6+6.8%
52Jasper County512.8-0%
53Daviess County499+7%
54Clinton County498.8+5%
55Wabash County494.4+4.5%
56Wells County459.7+6.1%
57Harrison County439.4+3.1%
58Miami County410.6+2.4%
59White County391.2+6.9%
60Scott County335.2+4.9%
61Jennings County323.1+4.9%
62Spencer County303.5+3.3%
63Clay County301.7+2%
64Orange County294.5+1.3%
65Jay County293+0.3%
66Perry County289.9+1.8%
67Tipton County289.3+45.6%
68Fulton County269+4.6%
69Randolph County266.7+3%
70Greene County261.9+4.3%
71Fayette County261.4+4.2%
72Sullivan County255+4.5%
73Washington County242.1+3.6%
74Carroll County222.6+4.3%
75Rush County220.1+6%
76Vermillion County219.4-1.2%
77Owen County216+1.8%
78Pulaski County210.6+4.5%
79Fountain County186.1+7.5%
80Franklin County172.2+4%
81Starke County166.2+5.4%
82Pike County149-20.1%
83Newton County144.9+2.9%
84Blackford County136.4+3.4%
85Parke County114.8-3.5%
86Benton County112.3+10.5%
87Brown County93.3+3.5%
88Switzerland County92.5+8.7%
89Warren County85.1+6.9%
90Crawford County71.6+3.5%
91Union County49.6+3.8%
92Ohio County46.2-9%

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Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Indiana by wages and salaries paid, 2018. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/indiana-counties?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Marion County, with $38.22 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

Ohio County, with $46.17 million in 2018.

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