Financial Specialists, All Other in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,427
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$19,633
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,708
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
$90,060
Kept after tax
$70,427
Worth in national money
$76,708
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Ohio pays financial specialists, all other a middle wage of $90,060, ranking 9 of 50 states and sitting about 11.05% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 83 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $90,060 you keep $70,427, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $76,708 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $93,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio's median for financial specialists, all other is $90,060, about 11.05% above the national figure and 9 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Ohio, financial specialists, all other ranks 83 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for financial specialists, all other on $90,060 is $70,427. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $76,708 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $93,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,040 |
| This salary | $90,060 |
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 | $70,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,187 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,422 |
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 | $87,558 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,346 |
| 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 financial specialists, all other in Ohio earn under $90,060 and half over. The published range runs $53,380 at the tenth percentile to $132,040 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $70,427 take-home in Ohio comes from $90,060. 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 83 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,708 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 83.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial specialists, all other in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,380 to $132,040; 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 $70,427, from $90,060, 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 83 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,708, worked from $90,060, 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 83 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $93,130 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,380, the highest tenth $132,040, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $76,708 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, $70,427 remains.
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.
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 $93,130. 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 ($53,380) and the ninetieth ($132,040) 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 $76,708 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 $70,427 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.