Indiana

Wireless Facts

Subscribers: 4,675,372
Population: 6,361,041
Percentage of Wireless Consumers: 74%
Wireless-Only Households: 13.8%

Industry in Indiana

Service Providers: 10 (in urban areas)
Wireless Employees in the State: 1,787
Average Annual Wireless Payroll: $91,055,000
Average Annual Wireless Employee Wage: $50,945

Wireless Subscriber Growth

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Wireless Tax Rate

State-Local Rate
8.55%
Federal Rate
4.19%
Combined Monthly Tax Rate
12.74%
Rank Nationally
27th

Breakdown

  • State Sales Tax (Access and Intrastate) - 6.00%
  • Utility Receipts Tax (Same Base as Sales Tax) - 1.40%
  • Wireless 9-1-1 (Up to $1 set annually by board; currently 50 cents/month) - 1.00%
  • Public Utility Commission Fee - 0.15%

All Information Compiled from the Following Sources:

  • Dr. Robert Roche, CTIA-The Wireless Association’s Vice President for Research, Washington, D.C., http://www.ctia.org.
  • Scott Mackey, Partner and Economist, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, LLP, Montpelier, VT, http://www.ksefocus.com/why-kse/people/scott-mackey, from Tax Analysts, Special Report, State Tax Notes, February, 2008, “Excessive Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service: Recent Trends,” by Scott Mackey.
  • Federal Communications Commission, FCC’s Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, July 2009, “Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008,” http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-292193A1.pdf.
  • Data on employment and wages by state are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (CEW) at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en.  The wireless industry data is retrievable through NAICS 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.
  • The data on state population and household income is available via drop down menu from the Fact Sheets available from the U.S. Census Fact Finder page, at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en.
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