Biological Technicians in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,534
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,546
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,328
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
$51,080
Kept after tax
$42,534
Worth in national money
$46,328
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for biological technicians. The median is $51,080, ranking 31 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 282.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,080 you keep $42,534, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,328 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $54,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for biological technicians: a median of $51,080, ranking 31 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.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, biological technicians sits at 282 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for biological technicians on $51,080 is $42,534. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,328 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 $54,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,490 |
| This salary | $51,080 |
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 | $42,534 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,223 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,848 |
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 | $50,223 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,236 |
| 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 biological technicians in Ohio earn under $51,080 and half over. The published range runs $36,400 at the tenth percentile to $79,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $42,534, from $51,080, 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 282 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,328, the adjusted value of that $51,080 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 282 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological technicians in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,400 to $79,490; 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 $42,534 from $51,080. 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 282 of 494 locally.
- This $46,328 adjusted figure, worked from $51,080, 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 282 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 282 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $54,910, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,400, the highest tenth $79,490, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $46,328 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, $42,534 remains.
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 $54,910. 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 ($36,400) and the ninetieth ($79,490) 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 $46,328 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 $42,534 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.