First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,822
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,938
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,355
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
$61,760
Kept after tax
$50,822
Worth in national money
$55,355
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,760. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 213 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 $61,760 you keep $50,822 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,355 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $64,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 27 of 51 for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling at $61,760. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling ranks 213 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 $50,822 after the full tax stack, from $61,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,355 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,540 |
| This salary | $61,760 |
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 | $50,822 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,804 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,044 |
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 | $60,538 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,472 |
| 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 transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Ohio earn under $61,760 and half over. The published range runs $44,370 at the tenth percentile to $86,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $50,822, worked from $61,760. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 213 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,355 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 213.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,370 to $86,540; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $50,822, on $61,760 for work ranking 213 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 213 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,355, worked from $61,760, 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 213 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 $64,440, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,370 and the top tenth $86,540, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,355 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $50,822.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $64,440. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,370 to $86,540) 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 $55,355 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 $50,822 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.