Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,057
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$14,663
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,413
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
$74,720
Kept after tax
$60,057
Worth in national money
$65,413
State rank
48
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $74,720, 48 of 50 states and about 30.37% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 147.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $74,720 the take-home is $60,057; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,413 would nationally. The average comes to $95,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio's $74,720 median for health specialties teachers, postsecondary places it 48 of 50 states, about 30.37% 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.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, health specialties teachers, postsecondary sits at 147 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Ohio, on $74,720, is $60,057 — equivalent to $65,413 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $95,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $208,410 |
| This salary | $74,720 |
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 | $60,057 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,233 |
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 | $72,817 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,084 |
| 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Ohio earn under $74,720 and half over. The published range runs $44,730 at the tenth percentile to $208,410 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 $60,057, worked from $74,720. 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 147 of 494.
- Two cautions on $65,413, the adjusted value of that $74,720 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 147 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,730 to $208,410; 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 $60,057, on $74,720 for work ranking 147 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 147 of 494 in the state.
- This $65,413 adjusted figure, worked from $74,720, 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 147 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 147 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $95,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,730 at the bottom tenth to $208,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $65,413 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, $60,057 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.
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 $95,990. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,730) and the ninetieth ($208,410) 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 $65,413 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 $60,057 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.