Environmental Engineers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,056
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$27,124
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,731
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
$113,180
Kept after tax
$86,056
Worth in national money
$93,731
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is one of the better-paying states for environmental engineers. The middle earner takes $113,180, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.67% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 32 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $113,180 you keep $86,056 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $93,731 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $110,350.
- Ohio ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for environmental engineers, at $113,180 — about 5.67% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Ohio, environmental engineers ranks 32 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $86,056 after the full tax stack, from $113,180. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $93,731 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $110,350 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Environmental Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,490 |
| This salary | $113,180 |
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 | $86,056 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,452 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,707 |
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 | $109,774 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,739 |
| 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 $113,180. The published range is $69,000 up to $145,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $86,056 take-home in Ohio comes from $113,180. 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 32 of 494.
- Two cautions on $93,731, the adjusted value of that $113,180 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 32 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for environmental engineers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $69,000 to $145,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $86,056, from $113,180, 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 32 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 50 for it.
- This $93,731 adjusted figure, worked from $113,180, 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 32 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 32 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $69,000 at the bottom tenth to $145,490 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $93,731 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 $86,056 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 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,000 to $145,490) 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 $93,731 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 $86,056 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.