Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,997
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$15,593
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,526
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
$77,590
Kept after tax
$61,997
Worth in national money
$67,526
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 22 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $77,590. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 130 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,590 the take-home is $61,997; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,526 would nationally. The average comes to $78,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 22 of 49 for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other at $77,590. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 130 of 494 in Ohio places engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Ohio, on $77,590, is $61,997 — equivalent to $67,526 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 $78,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,870 |
| This salary | $77,590 |
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 | $61,997 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,415 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,268 |
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 | $75,575 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,133 |
| 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 engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Ohio earn under $77,590 and half over. The published range runs $48,610 at the tenth percentile to $104,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,997 take-home in Ohio comes from $77,590. 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 130 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,526 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 130.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,610 to $104,870; 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 $61,997, from $77,590, 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 130 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,526, worked from $77,590, 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 130 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,610 and the top tenth $104,870 — 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 $67,526 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 $61,997 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,610) and the ninetieth ($104,870) 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 $67,526 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 $61,997 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.