Bill and Account Collectors in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,771
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,459
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,229
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
$46,230
Kept after tax
$38,771
Worth in national money
$42,229
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for bill and account collectors. The median is $46,230, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 352 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 $46,230 the take-home is $38,771; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,229 would nationally. The average comes to $47,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for bill and account collectors: a median of $46,230, ranking 30 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Bill and account collectors ranks 352 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 bill and account collectors in Ohio, on $46,230, is $38,771 — equivalent to $42,229 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 $47,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,200 |
| This salary | $46,230 |
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 | $38,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,326 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,759 |
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 | $45,539 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,128 |
| 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 bill and account collectors in Ohio earn under $46,230 and half over. The published range runs $30,830 at the tenth percentile to $62,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,771 take-home in Ohio comes from $46,230. 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 352 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,229, the adjusted value of that $46,230 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 352 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for bill and account collectors in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,830 to $62,200; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,771, from $46,230, 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 352 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $42,229 — the adjusted value of that $46,230 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 352 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,830 at the tenth percentile, $62,200 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,229.
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 $38,771 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,830 to $62,200) 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 $42,229 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 $38,771 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.