Forest and Conservation Technicians in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,796
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,044
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,435
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
$48,840
Kept after tax
$40,796
Worth in national money
$44,435
State rank
37
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $48,840. That is 37 of 45 states, and about 10.48% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 309 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 $48,840 you keep $40,796 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,435 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- For forest and conservation technicians, Ohio sits in the lower band at $48,840, ranking 37 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 10.48%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Forest and conservation technicians ranks 309 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 $40,796 after the full tax stack, from $48,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,435 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,860 |
| This salary | $48,840 |
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 | $40,796 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,423 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,807 |
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 | $48,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,186 |
| 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 $48,840. The published range is $37,080 up to $64,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $40,796 take-home in Ohio comes from $48,840. 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 309 of 494.
- Two cautions on $44,435, the adjusted value of that $48,840 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 309 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for forest and conservation technicians in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,080 to $64,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $40,796, from $48,840, 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 309 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 45 for it.
- This $44,435 adjusted figure, worked from $48,840, 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 309 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 309 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,080 at the tenth percentile, $64,860 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,435.
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 $40,796 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,080 to $64,860) 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 $44,435 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 $40,796 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.