Aircraft Service Attendants in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,505
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,805
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,761
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
$43,310
Kept after tax
$36,505
Worth in national money
$39,761
State rank
19
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays aircraft service attendants around $43,310 at the midpoint, 19 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, aircraft service attendants lands at 387. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,310 you keep $36,505, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,761 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $43,280, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For aircraft service attendants the Ohio median is $43,310, ranking 19 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 387 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for aircraft service attendants on $43,310 is $36,505. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,761 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $43,280 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,720 |
| This salary | $43,310 |
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 | $36,505 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,706 |
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 | $42,719 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,063 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,310 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,120 and the ninetieth is $47,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,505 take-home in Ohio comes from $43,310. 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 387 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,761, the adjusted value of that $43,310 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 387 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $43,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,120 to $47,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,505, from $43,310, 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 387 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $39,761 — the adjusted value of that $43,310 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 387 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,120 at the tenth percentile, $47,720 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Ohio sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $39,761 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $36,505 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,120 to $47,720) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Ohio rather than a national figure.
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 $39,761 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 $36,505 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.