Cashiers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,602
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$3,658
12.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,885
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
$29,260
Kept after tax
$25,602
Worth in national money
$27,885
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for cashiers. The middle earner takes $29,260, ranking 36 of 51 states — about 11.01% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 485 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $29,260 the take-home is $25,602; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $27,885 would nationally. The average comes to $30,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 36 of 51 for cashiers, with a median of $29,260 — about 11.01% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Cashiers occupies position 485 of 494 in Ohio's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for cashiers in Ohio, on $29,260, is $25,602 — equivalent to $27,885 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 $30,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,250 |
| This salary | $29,260 |
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 | $25,602 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,690 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,448 |
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 | $29,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,751 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $29,260 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,600 and the ninetieth is $36,250 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $25,602, from $29,260, 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 485 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 $27,885 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 485.
- The Ohio median of $29,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,600 to $36,250. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $25,602 from $29,260. 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 485 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $27,885, worked from $29,260, 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 485 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 $30,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $23,600 at the tenth percentile, $36,250 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 $27,885.
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, $25,602 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 $30,160. 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 ($23,600 to $36,250) 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 $27,885 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 $25,602 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.