Business Teachers, Postsecondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,471
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$16,299
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,131
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
$79,770
Kept after tax
$63,471
Worth in national money
$69,131
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $79,770. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 19.49% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 106 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,770 the take-home is $63,471; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,131 would nationally. The average comes to $102,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For business teachers, postsecondary, Ohio sits in the lower band at $79,770, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.49%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Ohio, business teachers, postsecondary ranks 106 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.
- Post-tax income for business teachers, postsecondary in Ohio, on $79,770, is $63,471 — equivalent to $69,131 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 $102,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $210,020 |
| This salary | $79,770 |
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 | $63,471 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,295 |
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 | $77,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,170 |
| 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 business teachers, postsecondary in Ohio earn under $79,770 and half over. The published range runs $36,550 at the tenth percentile to $210,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $63,471, from $79,770, 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 106 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,131 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 106.
- Figures are distribution medians for business teachers, postsecondary in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,550 to $210,020; 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 $63,471 from $79,770. 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 106 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,131, worked from $79,770, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 106 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 $102,290 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 $36,550, the highest tenth $210,020, 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 $69,131 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, $63,471 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 $102,290. 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 ($36,550) and the ninetieth ($210,020) 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 $69,131 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 $63,471 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.