Chief Executives in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$127,727
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$48,713
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$139,118
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
$176,440
Kept after tax
$127,727
Worth in national money
$139,118
State rank
29
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays chief executives around $176,440 at the midpoint, 29 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, chief executives comes in at 5 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $176,440 the take-home is $127,727; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $139,118 would nationally. The average comes to $254,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For chief executives the Ohio median is $176,440, ranking 29 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Chief executives ranks 5 of 494 occupations by median in Ohio, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for chief executives in Ohio, on $176,440, is $127,727 — equivalent to $139,118 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 $254,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chief Executives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $176,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $484,820 |
| This salary | $176,440 |
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 | $127,727 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $131,863 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,422 |
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 | $170,389 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,865 |
| 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 chief executives in Ohio earn under $176,440 and half over. The published range runs $79,390 at the tenth percentile to $484,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $127,727, from $176,440, 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 5 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $139,118, the adjusted value of that $176,440 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 5 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for chief executives in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $79,390 to $484,820; 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 $127,727 from $176,440. 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 5 of 494 locally.
- This $139,118 adjusted figure, worked from $176,440, 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 5 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 5 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $254,170, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $79,390 at the bottom tenth to $484,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $139,118.
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 $127,727.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $254,170. 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 ($79,390) and the ninetieth ($484,820) 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 $139,118 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 $127,727 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.