Dental Hygienists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,704
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$19,286
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,920
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
$88,990
Kept after tax
$69,704
Worth in national money
$75,920
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $88,990. That is 37 of 50 states, and about 9.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, dental hygienists comes in at 85 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $88,990 you keep $69,704 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $75,920 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $89,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dental hygienists, Ohio sits in the lower band at $88,990, ranking 37 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 9.29%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Dental hygienists ranks 85 of 494 occupations by median in Ohio, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $69,704 after the full tax stack, from $88,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,920 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $89,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,950 |
| This salary | $88,990 |
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 | $69,704 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,434 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,409 |
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 | $86,530 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,327 |
| 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 $88,990. The published range is $76,260 up to $102,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $69,704, from $88,990, 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 85 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $75,920, the adjusted value of that $88,990 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 85 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,260 to $102,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $69,704 from $88,990. 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 85 of 494 locally.
- This $75,920 adjusted figure, worked from $88,990, 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 85 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 85 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $76,260 at the bottom tenth to $102,950 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $75,920 in national terms.
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, $69,704 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,260 to $102,950) 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 $75,920 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 $69,704 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.