Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,869
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$22,721
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,725
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
$99,590
Kept after tax
$76,869
Worth in national money
$83,725
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $99,590, 37 of 51 states and about 5.93% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,590 the take-home is $76,869; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $83,725 would nationally. The average comes to $99,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio's $99,590 median for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary places it 37 of 51 states, about 5.93% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, education administrators, kindergarten through secondary sits 52 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Ohio, on $99,590, is $76,869 — equivalent to $83,725 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 $99,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,160 |
| This salary | $99,590 |
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 | $76,869 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,540 |
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 | $96,715 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,508 |
| 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 $99,590. The published range is $62,160 up to $129,160, 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 $76,869, worked from $99,590. 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 52 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,725, the adjusted value of that $99,590 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 52 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,160 to $129,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $76,869, on $99,590 for work ranking 52 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 52 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $83,725 — the adjusted value of that $99,590 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 52 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,160 and the top tenth $129,160, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $83,725 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $76,869.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,160 to $129,160) 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 $83,725 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 $76,869 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.