First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,327
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$13,833
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,528
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
$72,160
Kept after tax
$58,327
Worth in national money
$63,528
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $72,160, 36 of 51 states and about 3.08% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 162 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $72,160 you keep $58,327, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,528 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $73,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio's $72,160 median for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers places it 36 of 51 states, about 3.08% 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.
- First-line supervisors of production and operating workers ranks 162 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers on $72,160 is $58,327. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,528 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 $73,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,960 |
| This salary | $72,160 |
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 | $58,327 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,201 |
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 | $70,358 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,041 |
| 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 production and operating workers in Ohio earn under $72,160 and half over. The published range runs $48,320 at the tenth percentile to $99,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $58,327, from $72,160, 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 162 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $63,528, the adjusted value of that $72,160 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 162 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,320 to $99,960; 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 $58,327 from $72,160. 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 162 of 494 locally.
- This $63,528 adjusted figure, worked from $72,160, 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 162 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 162 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,320 at the bottom tenth to $99,960 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $63,528 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $58,327 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,320 to $99,960) 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 $63,528 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 $58,327 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.