Amusement and Recreation Attendants in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$23,802
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$3,178
11.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,925
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
$26,980
Kept after tax
$23,802
Worth in national money
$25,925
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $26,980, 41 of 51 states and about 16.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 493. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $26,980 you keep $23,802, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $25,925 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $28,110, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio's $26,980 median for amusement and recreation attendants places it 41 of 51 states, about 16.08% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, amusement and recreation attendants ranks 493 of 494, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for amusement and recreation attendants on $26,980 is $23,802. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $25,925 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 $28,110 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $35,330 |
| This salary | $26,980 |
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 | $23,802 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,828 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,404 |
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 | $26,949 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,661 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $26,980 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $22,500 and the ninetieth is $35,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $23,802, from $26,980, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 493 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $25,925 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 493.
- The Ohio median of $26,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $22,500 to $35,330. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $23,802 from $26,980. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 493 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,925, worked from $26,980, 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 493 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 $28,110, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $22,500 at the bottom tenth to $35,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $25,925 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 $23,802 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $28,110. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($22,500 to $35,330) 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 $25,925 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 $23,802 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.