Audio and Video Technicians in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,611
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,279
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,322
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
$49,890
Kept after tax
$41,611
Worth in national money
$45,322
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for audio and video technicians. The middle earner takes $49,890, ranking 34 of 49 states — about 14.13% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 295 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 $49,890 the take-home is $41,611; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,322 would nationally. The average comes to $54,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 34 of 49 for audio and video technicians, with a median of $49,890 — about 14.13% 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.
- Audio and video technicians ranks 295 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 audio and video technicians in Ohio, on $49,890, is $41,611 — equivalent to $45,322 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 $54,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,590 |
| This salary | $49,890 |
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 | $41,611 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,267 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,827 |
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 | $49,074 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,209 |
| 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 $49,890. The published range is $37,110 up to $79,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,611 take-home in Ohio comes from $49,890. 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 295 of 494.
- Two cautions on $45,322, the adjusted value of that $49,890 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 295 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for audio and video technicians in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,110 to $79,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,611, from $49,890, 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 295 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 49 for it.
- This $45,322 adjusted figure, worked from $49,890, 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 295 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 295 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $54,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,110 and the top tenth $79,590 — 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 $45,322 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $41,611.
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 49 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 $54,760. 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 ($37,110) and the ninetieth ($79,590) 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 $45,322 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 $41,611 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.