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IT Manager Salary in Indiana (2026)

The average IT Manager in Indiana earns around $185,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $132,762/year ($11,063/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$132,762
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$11,063
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$5,106
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$64/hr
Federal Tax
$33,134
State Tax
$4,983
FICA Taxes
$14,122
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

28.24%
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IT Manager Salary Ranges in Indiana

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$145,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$185,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$325,000

/year

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Not all IT Managers earn the same — not even close

Indiana's IT management market is anchored by Eli Lilly IT (Indianapolis ~17K employees, the country's largest single-state pharmaceutical IT organization), Anthem/Elevance Health IT (Fortune 25, ~25K IN employees, healthcare insurance IT at scale), Salesforce Tower Indianapolis (Marketing Cloud + Sales Cloud post-2013 ExactTarget acquisition), Cummins Columbus engineering IT, Allison Transmission Indianapolis, plus the substantial cleared federal IT cluster at Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center (southern IN, 50 min south of Bloomington). PMI Central Indiana Chapter (~3K members) anchors PM credentialing.

CIO / SVP IT (Fortune 500)

$335,000–$675,000+ TC

Eli Lilly senior IT VPs · Anthem/Elevance CIO track · Cummins IT executive · executive comp + equity

VP IT / IT Director (Mid-Cap)

$200,000–$335,000

IU Health IT VP · OneAmerica IT director · senior corporate IT · Hamilton County residency premium

Senior IT Manager (Infrastructure / Cloud)

$130,000–$185,000

Most common senior IT band · cloud + infrastructure leadership at IN Fortune 500

Senior IT Manager (Security / CISO Track)

$135,000–$195,000

CISO track at Eli Lilly + Anthem · HIPAA + GxP compliance · cleared work at Crane premium

Senior IT Manager (Application Dev)

$125,000–$180,000

Application + product development leadership at Eli Lilly, Anthem, Salesforce Tower, Cummins

Senior IT Manager (Pharma / Clinical)

$135,000–$200,000

Eli Lilly clinical IT · Anthem claims IT · GxP-validated systems · FDA submission IT specialty

IT Manager (Mid-Level, 5-8 yrs)

$92,000–$140,000

Functional IT management at mid-cap IN firms · transitioning to senior IT band

Senior IT Manager (Healthcare)

$125,000–$185,000

IU Health · Community Health · Franciscan · Ascension St. Vincent · HIPAA + Epic/Cerner specialty

Senior IT Manager (Cleared Federal)

$150,000–$220,000

Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center · cleared federal contractor IT · TS clearance premium

IT PMO / Portfolio Manager

$130,000–$190,000

Senior IT portfolio + multi-project leadership · PgMP credentialing premium

Worth knowing: Eli Lilly's Indianapolis IT organization is the structural depth feature most national IT-management surveys understate for IN. Eli Lilly (Fortune 100 pharmaceutical, ~$45B revenue, ~17K IN employees, ~$50B+ R&D pipeline including GLP-1 portfolio Mounjaro + Zepbound success) operates one of the country's larger pharmaceutical IT organizations across R&D computational systems + clinical trial data + manufacturing IT (GxP-validated) + commercial systems. Anthem/Elevance Health (Fortune 25 health insurance, ~$165B revenue, ~25K IN employees) operates the country's largest single-state health insurance IT organization. Salesforce Tower Indianapolis (the legacy ExactTarget acquisition footprint, ~2K employees, Marketing Cloud + Sales Cloud platform development) anchors SaaS IT leadership. IN's 2.95% flat + Marion County 2.02% piggyback (4.97% combined effective) is among the lower US senior-IT-manager state burden — Hamilton County (Carmel/Fishers, 1.10% piggyback) residency saves $1,840/year at $200K IT director comp. The IN CollegeChoice 529 20% credit (~$1,500/year max) plus state non-tax of retirement distributions creates favorable family-tax + retirement structure. Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center (southern IN, ~3.7K employees, cleared electronic warfare + munitions + special warfare technology) drives cleared federal IT specialty premium.

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