Food Processing Workers, All Other in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,525
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,945
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,515
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
$39,470
Kept after tax
$33,525
Worth in national money
$36,515
State rank
24
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 24 of 46 states for food processing workers, all other, with a middle wage of $39,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, food processing workers, all other ranks 407. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,470 you keep $33,525, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,515 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 24 of 46 for food processing workers, all other at $39,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, food processing workers, all other ranks 407 of 494, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for food processing workers, all other on $39,470 is $33,525. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,515 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 $40,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,470 |
| This salary | $39,470 |
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 | $33,525 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,894 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,635 |
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 | $39,011 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,978 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,470 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,880 and the ninetieth is $45,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $33,525 take-home in Ohio comes from $39,470. 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 407 of 494.
- Two cautions on $36,515, the adjusted value of that $39,470 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 407 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $39,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,880 to $45,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $33,525, from $39,470, 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 407 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 46 for it.
- This $36,515 adjusted figure, worked from $39,470, 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 407 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 407 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,880 at the bottom tenth to $45,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,515 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 $33,525.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,880 to $45,470) 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 $36,515 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 $33,525 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.