Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,045
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,115
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,705
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
$49,160
Kept after tax
$41,045
Worth in national money
$44,705
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $49,160. That is 34 of 48 states, and about 3.02% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 304 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,160 you keep $41,045, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,705 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $52,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer numerically controlled tool operators, Ohio sits in the lower band at $49,160, ranking 34 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 3.02%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 304 of 494 in Ohio places computer numerically controlled tool operators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for computer numerically controlled tool operators on $49,160 is $41,045. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,705 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $52,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,630 |
| This salary | $49,160 |
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 | $41,045 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,680 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,813 |
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 | $48,369 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,193 |
| 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 computer numerically controlled tool operators in Ohio earn under $49,160 and half over. The published range runs $37,170 at the tenth percentile to $70,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $41,045, worked from $49,160. 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 304 of 494.
- Two cautions on $44,705, the adjusted value of that $49,160 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 304 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,170 to $70,630; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $41,045, on $49,160 for work ranking 304 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 304 of 494 in the state.
- This $44,705 adjusted figure, worked from $49,160, 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 304 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 304 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 $52,420 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 $37,170 and the top tenth $70,630, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,705 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, $41,045 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $52,420. 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 ($37,170 to $70,630) 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 $44,705 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 $41,045 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.