Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,455
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,945
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,063
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
$48,400
Kept after tax
$40,455
Worth in national money
$44,063
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Ohio's middle earner gets $48,400, putting the state 14 of 47 — about 3.93% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 317.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,400 you keep $40,455 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,063 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,880.
- For cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, Ohio sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,400, ranking 14 of 47 and running about 3.93% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 317 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.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $40,455 after the full tax stack, from $48,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,063 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,880 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,320 |
| This salary | $48,400 |
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 | $40,455 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,799 |
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 | $47,635 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,176 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $48,400. The published range is $36,550 up to $59,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $40,455, worked from $48,400. 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 317 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,063 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 317.
- Reported values are medians; for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,550 to $59,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $40,455, on $48,400 for work ranking 317 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 317 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,063, worked from $48,400, 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 317 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,550 and the top tenth $59,320, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $44,063 in national terms.
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 $40,455.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,550 to $59,320) 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 $44,063 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 $40,455 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.