Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,777
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,213
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,394
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
$62,990
Kept after tax
$51,777
Worth in national money
$56,394
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Ohio's middle earner gets $62,990, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 10.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 199.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,990 you keep $51,777 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,394 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cement masons and concrete finishers, Ohio sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,990, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 10.47% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, cement masons and concrete finishers sits at 199 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.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $51,777 after the full tax stack, from $62,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,394 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,320 |
| This salary | $62,990 |
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 | $51,777 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,792 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,067 |
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 | $61,726 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,500 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $62,990. The published range is $44,130 up to $81,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $51,777, from $62,990, 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 199 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $56,394, the adjusted value of that $62,990 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 199 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cement masons and concrete finishers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,130 to $81,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,777 from $62,990. 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 199 of 494 locally.
- This $56,394 adjusted figure, worked from $62,990, 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 199 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,130 at the tenth percentile, $81,320 at the ninetieth.
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 $56,394 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $51,777.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,130 to $81,320) 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 $56,394 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 $51,777 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.