Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,240
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,770
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,721
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
$61,010
Kept after tax
$50,240
Worth in national money
$54,721
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 23 of 48 states for earth drillers, except oil and gas, with a middle wage of $61,010. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 223.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,010 the take-home is $50,240; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,721 would nationally. The average comes to $66,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 23 of 48 for earth drillers, except oil and gas at $61,010. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, earth drillers, except oil and gas sits at 223 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.
- Post-tax income for earth drillers, except oil and gas in Ohio, on $61,010, is $50,240 — equivalent to $54,721 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $66,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,470 |
| This salary | $61,010 |
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 | $50,240 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,202 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,031 |
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 | $59,813 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,456 |
| 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 earth drillers, except oil and gas in Ohio earn under $61,010 and half over. The published range runs $42,200 at the tenth percentile to $104,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,240 take-home in Ohio comes from $61,010. 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 223 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,721, the adjusted value of that $61,010 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 223 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for earth drillers, except oil and gas in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,200 to $104,470; 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 $50,240, from $61,010, 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 223 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $54,721 — the adjusted value of that $61,010 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 223 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 $66,530, 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 $42,200, the highest tenth $104,470, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $54,721 in national terms.
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 $50,240 of this wage survives to your account.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $66,530. 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 ($42,200) and the ninetieth ($104,470) 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 $54,721 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 $50,240 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.