Financial Examiners in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,217
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$12,823
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,231
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
$69,040
Kept after tax
$56,217
Worth in national money
$61,231
State rank
45
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays financial examiners a middle wage of $69,040, 45 of 49 states and about 26.68% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 173.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $69,040 the take-home is $56,217; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $61,231 would nationally. The average comes to $78,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio's $69,040 median for financial examiners places it 45 of 49 states, about 26.68% 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.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, financial examiners sits at 173 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for financial examiners in Ohio, on $69,040, is $56,217 — equivalent to $61,231 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 $78,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,710 |
| This salary | $69,040 |
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 | $56,217 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,400 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,163 |
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 | $67,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,987 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $69,040 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,960 and the ninetieth is $127,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,217 take-home in Ohio comes from $69,040. 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 173 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,231, the adjusted value of that $69,040 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 173 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $69,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,960 to $127,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $56,217, from $69,040, 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 173 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $61,231 — the adjusted value of that $69,040 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 173 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 $78,880, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,960 at the bottom tenth to $127,710 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $61,231 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, $56,217 remains.
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.
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 $78,880. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,960) and the ninetieth ($127,710) 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 $61,231 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 $56,217 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.