Data Scientists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,924
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$23,706
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,963
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
$102,630
Kept after tax
$78,924
Worth in national money
$85,963
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays data scientists around $102,630 at the midpoint, 25 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 42 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $102,630 you keep $78,924 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,963 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $107,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For data scientists the Ohio median is $102,630, ranking 25 of 49 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.
- Within Ohio, data scientists ranks 42 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $78,924 after the full tax stack, from $102,630. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,963 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $107,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,650 |
| This salary | $102,630 |
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 | $78,924 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,030 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,577 |
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 | $99,636 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,560 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,630 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,710 and the ninetieth is $160,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $78,924, from $102,630, 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 42 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 $85,963 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 42.
- The Ohio median of $102,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,710 to $160,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,924 from $102,630. 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 42 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,963, worked from $102,630, 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 42 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 $107,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,710, the highest tenth $160,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $85,963 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, $78,924 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $107,160. 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 ($61,710) and the ninetieth ($160,650) 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 $85,963 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 $78,924 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.