Driver/Sales Workers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,615
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,105
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,345
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
$35,720
Kept after tax
$30,615
Worth in national money
$33,345
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for driver/sales workers. The middle earner takes $35,720, ranking 36 of 51 states — about 7.87% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 453 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,720 you keep $30,615, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,345 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $37,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 36 of 51 for driver/sales workers, with a median of $35,720 — about 7.87% 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.
- Driver/sales workers occupies position 453 of 494 in Ohio's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for driver/sales workers on $35,720 is $30,615. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,345 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 $37,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Driver/Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,370 |
| This salary | $35,720 |
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 | $30,615 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,567 |
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 | $35,389 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,895 |
| 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 driver/sales workers in Ohio earn under $35,720 and half over. The published range runs $22,490 at the tenth percentile to $59,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,615 take-home in Ohio comes from $35,720. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 453 of 494.
- Two cautions on $33,345, the adjusted value of that $35,720 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 453 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for driver/sales workers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $22,490 to $59,370; 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.
- Retained pay of $30,615, from $35,720, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 453 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- This $33,345 adjusted figure, worked from $35,720, 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 453 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 453 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 $37,890, 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 $22,490 and the top tenth $59,370 — 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 $33,345 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, $30,615 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $37,890. 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 ($22,490) and the ninetieth ($59,370) 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 $33,345 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 $30,615 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.