Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,516
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,674
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,040
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$47,190
Kept after tax
$39,516
Worth in national money
$43,040
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $47,190, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 23.32% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 340.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,190 the take-home is $39,516; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,040 would nationally. The average comes to $53,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 46 of 50 for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, with a median of $47,190 — about 23.32% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors sits at 340 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Ohio, on $47,190, is $39,516 — equivalent to $43,040 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $53,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,460 |
| This salary | $47,190 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Ohio | $39,516 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,097 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,777 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $46,466 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,149 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Ohio earn under $47,190 and half over. The published range runs $36,670 at the tenth percentile to $76,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,516 take-home in Ohio comes from $47,190. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 340 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,040, the adjusted value of that $47,190 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 340 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,670 to $76,460; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $39,516, from $47,190, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 340 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $43,040 — the adjusted value of that $47,190 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 340 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,910, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,670 at the bottom tenth to $76,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,040 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,516 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Ohio is $53,910. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,670) and the ninetieth ($76,460) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $43,040 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,516 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.