Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,245
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,885
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,834
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
$48,130
Kept after tax
$40,245
Worth in national money
$43,834
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 30 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 322 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 $48,130 the take-home is $40,245; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,834 would nationally. The average comes to $54,580, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 30 of 45 for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers at $48,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers ranks 322 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 audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Ohio, on $48,130, is $40,245 — equivalent to $43,834 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 $54,580 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,840 |
| This salary | $48,130 |
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 | $40,245 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,794 |
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 | $47,374 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,170 |
| 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 audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Ohio earn under $48,130 and half over. The published range runs $43,660 at the tenth percentile to $70,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $40,245, from $48,130, 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 322 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,834, the adjusted value of that $48,130 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 322 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,660 to $70,840; 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.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,245 from $48,130. 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 322 of 494 locally.
- This $43,834 adjusted figure, worked from $48,130, 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 322 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 322 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 $54,580, 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 $43,660 at the bottom tenth to $70,840 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $43,834.
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 $40,245.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $54,580. 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 ($43,660 to $70,840) 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 $43,834 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 $40,245 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.