Computer Systems Analysts in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,715
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$23,605
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,735
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
$102,320
Kept after tax
$78,715
Worth in national money
$85,735
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays computer systems analysts around $102,320 at the midpoint, 24 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, computer systems analysts ranks 44 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $102,320 the take-home is $78,715; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $85,735 would nationally. The average comes to $108,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For computer systems analysts the Ohio median is $102,320, ranking 24 of 50 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, computer systems analysts sits 44 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for computer systems analysts in Ohio, on $102,320, is $78,715 — equivalent to $85,735 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 $108,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,820 |
| This salary | $102,320 |
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 | $78,715 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,573 |
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 | $99,339 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,554 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,320 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,480 and the ninetieth is $156,820 — 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 $78,715, worked from $102,320. 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 44 of 494.
- Two cautions on $85,735, the adjusted value of that $102,320 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 44 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $102,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,480 to $156,820. 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 $78,715, on $102,320 for work ranking 44 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 44 of 494 in the state.
- This $85,735 adjusted figure, worked from $102,320, 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 44 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 44 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 $108,170, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $64,480 and the top tenth $156,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $85,735 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,715 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 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 $108,170. 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 ($64,480) and the ninetieth ($156,820) 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 $85,735 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 $78,715 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.