Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,268
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$22,432
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,069
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
$98,700
Kept after tax
$76,268
Worth in national money
$83,069
State rank
32
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $98,700, ranking 32 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, this job comes in at 55 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,700 you keep $76,268 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $83,069 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $90,540.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay: a median of $98,700, ranking 32 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 55 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 $76,268 after the full tax stack, from $98,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $83,069 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,540 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,590 |
| This salary | $98,700 |
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 | $76,268 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,265 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,529 |
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 | $95,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,493 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Ohio earn under $98,700 and half over. The published range runs $59,900 at the tenth percentile to $116,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $76,268, worked from $98,700. 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 55 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $83,069 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 55.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,900 to $116,590; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $76,268, on $98,700 for work ranking 55 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 55 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,069, worked from $98,700, 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 55 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 $90,540, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $59,900 at the bottom tenth to $116,590 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $83,069 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $76,268 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $90,540. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,900 to $116,590) 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 $83,069 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 $76,268 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.