Atmospheric and Space Scientists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,666
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$15,914
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,255
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
$78,580
Kept after tax
$62,666
Worth in national money
$68,255
State rank
41
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for atmospheric and space scientists is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $78,580. That is 41 of 47 states, and about 20.68% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, atmospheric and space scientists ranks 119 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $78,580 you keep $62,666, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,255 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $96,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For atmospheric and space scientists, Ohio sits in the lower band at $78,580, ranking 41 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 20.68%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, atmospheric and space scientists sits 119 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for atmospheric and space scientists on $78,580 is $62,666. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,255 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 $96,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Atmospheric and Space Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $142,690 |
| This salary | $78,580 |
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 | $62,666 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,111 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,280 |
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 | $76,527 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,150 |
| 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 atmospheric and space scientists in Ohio earn under $78,580 and half over. The published range runs $62,990 at the tenth percentile to $142,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $62,666, worked from $78,580. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 119 of 494.
- Two cautions on $68,255, the adjusted value of that $78,580 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 119 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for atmospheric and space scientists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,990 to $142,690; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $62,666, on $78,580 for work ranking 119 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 119 of 494 in the state.
- This $68,255 adjusted figure, worked from $78,580, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 119 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 119 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 $96,920, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $62,990 and the top tenth $142,690 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $68,255 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Ohio's own levy, $62,666 remains.
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 47 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 $96,920. 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 ($62,990) and the ninetieth ($142,690) 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 $68,255 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 $62,666 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.