Conservation Scientists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,909
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,251
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,538
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
$63,160
Kept after tax
$51,909
Worth in national money
$56,538
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for conservation scientists. The middle earner takes $63,160, ranking 46 of 51 states — about 13.49% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 198 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $63,160 you keep $51,909, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,538 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $66,660, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 46 of 51 for conservation scientists, with a median of $63,160 — about 13.49% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Conservation scientists ranks 198 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for conservation scientists on $63,160 is $51,909. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,538 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 $66,660 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Conservation Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,780 |
| This salary | $63,160 |
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 | $51,909 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,929 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,070 |
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 | $61,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,504 |
| 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 conservation scientists in Ohio earn under $63,160 and half over. The published range runs $44,070 at the tenth percentile to $99,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $51,909, from $63,160, 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 198 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,538 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 198.
- Figures are distribution medians for conservation scientists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,070 to $99,780; 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 $51,909 from $63,160. 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 198 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,538, worked from $63,160, 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 198 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 $66,660, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $44,070, the highest tenth $99,780, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $56,538.
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 $51,909 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $66,660. 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 ($44,070) and the ninetieth ($99,780) 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 $56,538 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 $51,909 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.