Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,780
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$14,530
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,111
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
$74,310
Kept after tax
$59,780
Worth in national money
$65,111
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $74,310, 33 of 45 states and about 6.35% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 152 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,310 you keep $59,780 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,111 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $72,870.
- Ohio's $74,310 median for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary places it 33 of 45 states, about 6.35% 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.
- Position 152 of 494 in Ohio places foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $59,780 after the full tax stack, from $74,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,111 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $72,870 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,810 |
| This salary | $74,310 |
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 | $59,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,107 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,228 |
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 | $72,424 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,310 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,260 and the ninetieth is $103,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $59,780, from $74,310, 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 152 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 $65,111, the adjusted value of that $74,310 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 152 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $74,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,260 to $103,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,780 from $74,310. 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 152 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $65,111 — the adjusted value of that $74,310 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 152 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,260 and the top tenth $103,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,111 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 $59,780.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,260) and the ninetieth ($103,810) 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 $65,111 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 $59,780 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.