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Title: ER Advisor hourly rate in Indiana | Deftridge
Summary: Employee Relations Advisor pay in Indiana: median wage $42 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $90. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

IN · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Employee Relations Advisor hourly rate in Indiana

The market median wage for an Employee Relations Advisor in Indiana is **$41.92 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$90 an hour** on Deftridge, -10% against the United States rate.

**$90/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$41.92/hr** median wage

**$32-52** middle half of wages

**$1,950** a month at 5 hours a week

## Employee Relations Advisor wage percentiles in Indiana

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $19.62 | $430 | $40,800 |
| 25th | $31.74 | $690 | $66,000 |
| Median | $41.92 | $910 | $87,200 |
| 75th | $51.56 | $1,120 | $107,200 |
| 90th | $61.98 | $1,340 | $128,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 2,630 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Indiana in numbers

What sets Indiana apart for an Employee Relations Advisor, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-12%** median wage against the United States median of $47.78

- **32nd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **2,630** people employed in the role in this place

- **$50.24** median wage in the Terre Haute metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Employee Relations Advisor in Indiana by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | $75 | $1,630 |
| Director | $90 | $1,950 |

- Regular role **$90**

- One-off task **$100**

- Task bundle **$90**

## Employee Relations Advisor pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Employee Relations Advisor, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Indiana ranks **32 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $65.64 | $140 |
| Alaska | $65.56 | $140 |
| California | $62.43 | $130 |
| Nebraska | $42.75 | $90 |
| Wisconsin | $42.42 | $90 |
| Texas | $42.24 | $90 |
| Indiana | $41.92 | $90 |
| Iowa | $41.11 | $85 |
| South Dakota | $41.08 | $85 |
| Pennsylvania | $40.85 | $85 |

## Metro areas in Indiana

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Terre Haute $50.24/hr median wage · range $40-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Indianapolis $47.84/hr median wage · range $36-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [South Bend $42.35/hr median wage · range $27-50](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Bloomington $41.92/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Elkhart $41.92/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Lafayette $41.92/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Michigan City $41.92/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Muncie $41.92/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Fort Wayne $41.32/hr median wage · range $31-51](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

- [Evansville $40.89/hr median wage · range $31-50](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Employee Relations Advisor rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/) · [Employee Relations Advisor jobs in Indiana](https://deftridge.com/jobs/employee-relations-advisor/indiana/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
