Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,571
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,979
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,189
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
$48,550
Kept after tax
$40,571
Worth in national money
$44,189
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 22 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,550. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 315.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,550 the take-home is $40,571; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,189 would nationally. The average comes to $51,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 22 of 50 for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders at $48,550. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 315 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.
- Post-tax income for coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Ohio, on $48,550, is $40,571 — equivalent to $44,189 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 $51,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,070 |
| This salary | $48,550 |
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 | $40,571 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,802 |
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 | $47,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,179 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,550 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,510 and the ninetieth is $67,070 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $40,571, worked from $48,550. 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 315 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,189 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 315.
- The Ohio median of $48,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,510 to $67,070. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Ohio take-home of $40,571, on $48,550 for work ranking 315 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 315 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,189, worked from $48,550, 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 315 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 $51,180 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,510 and the top tenth $67,070, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,189.
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 $40,571.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,180. 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 ($36,510 to $67,070) 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 $44,189 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 $40,571 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.