Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,187
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$16,163
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,822
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
$79,350
Kept after tax
$63,187
Worth in national money
$68,822
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 31 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $79,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 111 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,350 you keep $63,187 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $68,822 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $86,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 31 of 51 for business operations specialists, all other at $79,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Ohio, business operations specialists, all other ranks 111 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $63,187 after the full tax stack, from $79,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,822 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $86,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,720 |
| This salary | $79,350 |
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 | $63,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,653 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,290 |
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 | $77,266 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,163 |
| 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 business operations specialists, all other in Ohio earn under $79,350 and half over. The published range runs $46,560 at the tenth percentile to $132,720 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 $63,187, worked from $79,350. 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 111 of 494.
- Two cautions on $68,822, the adjusted value of that $79,350 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 111 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for business operations specialists, all other in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,560 to $132,720; 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 $63,187, on $79,350 for work ranking 111 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 111 of 494 in the state.
- This $68,822 adjusted figure, worked from $79,350, 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 111 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 111 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 $86,570 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,560, the highest tenth $132,720, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $68,822 in national terms.
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, $63,187 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $86,570. 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 ($46,560) and the ninetieth ($132,720) 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 $68,822 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 $63,187 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.