Food Batchmakers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,498
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,092
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,842
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
$44,590
Kept after tax
$37,498
Worth in national money
$40,842
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is one of the better-paying states for food batchmakers. The middle earner takes $44,590, which ranks 10 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.44% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 376 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,590 you keep $37,498, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,842 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Ohio ranks 10 of 50 states publishing a median for food batchmakers, at $44,590 — about 5.44% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Food batchmakers occupies position 376 of 494 in Ohio's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for food batchmakers on $44,590 is $37,498. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,842 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 $44,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Food Batchmakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,860 |
| This salary | $44,590 |
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 | $37,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,008 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,729 |
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 | $43,955 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,092 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $44,590. The published range is $31,510 up to $59,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $37,498, worked from $44,590. 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 376 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,842, the adjusted value of that $44,590 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 376 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for food batchmakers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,510 to $59,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $37,498, on $44,590 for work ranking 376 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 376 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $40,842 — the adjusted value of that $44,590 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 376 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,510 and the top tenth $59,860, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,842 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, $37,498 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,510 to $59,860) 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 $40,842 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 $37,498 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.