Advertising Sales Agents in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,015
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,395
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,761
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
$50,410
Kept after tax
$42,015
Worth in national money
$45,761
State rank
35
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for advertising sales agents is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $50,410. That is 35 of 48 states, and about 22.23% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 288 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,410 the take-home is $42,015; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,761 would nationally. The average comes to $59,610, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For advertising sales agents, Ohio sits in the lower band at $50,410, ranking 35 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 22.23%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Advertising sales agents ranks 288 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for advertising sales agents in Ohio, on $50,410, is $42,015 — equivalent to $45,761 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 $59,610 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,840 |
| This salary | $50,410 |
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 | $42,015 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,836 |
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 | $49,576 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,221 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $50,410. The published range is $31,200 up to $96,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,015 take-home in Ohio comes from $50,410. 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 288 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,761 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 288.
- Reported values are medians; for advertising sales agents in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $96,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,015, from $50,410, 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 288 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,761, worked from $50,410, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 288 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $59,610, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $31,200, the highest tenth $96,840, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,761 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $42,015.
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 48 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 $59,610. 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 ($31,200) and the ninetieth ($96,840) 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 $45,761 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 $42,015 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.