Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,856
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,484
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,321
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
$46,340
Kept after tax
$38,856
Worth in national money
$42,321
State rank
30
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 30 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,340. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 349 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,340 you keep $38,856 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,321 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 30 of 46 for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic at $46,340. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 349 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $38,856 after the full tax stack, from $46,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,321 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,640 |
| This salary | $46,340 |
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 | $38,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,414 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,761 |
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 | $45,646 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,130 |
| 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 $46,340. The published range is $35,850 up to $59,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $38,856, from $46,340, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 349 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,321 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 349.
- Reported values are medians; for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,850 to $59,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,856 from $46,340. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 349 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,321, worked from $46,340, 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 349 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,850 and the top tenth $59,640, 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 $42,321 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Ohio's own levy, $38,856 remains.
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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,850 to $59,640) 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 $42,321 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 $38,856 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.