First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,768
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$15,962
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,366
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
$78,730
Kept after tax
$62,768
Worth in national money
$68,366
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $78,730 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 118 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 $78,730 you keep $62,768, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,366 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers the Ohio median is $78,730, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Ohio, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers ranks 118 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 first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers on $78,730 is $62,768. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,366 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 $80,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,120 |
| This salary | $78,730 |
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 | $62,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,217 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,282 |
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 | $76,671 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,152 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Ohio earn under $78,730 and half over. The published range runs $49,040 at the tenth percentile to $117,120 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $62,768, from $78,730, 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 118 of 494 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,366, the adjusted value of that $78,730 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 118 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,040 to $117,120; 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.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,768 from $78,730. 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 118 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $68,366 — the adjusted value of that $78,730 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 118 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,040, the highest tenth $117,120, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $68,366 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 $62,768 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,040) and the ninetieth ($117,120) 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 $68,366 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 $62,768 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.