Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,637
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$4,823
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,280
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
$34,460
Kept after tax
$29,637
Worth in national money
$32,280
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for home health and personal care aides. The median is $34,460, ranking 30 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 464 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,460 you keep $29,637, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,280 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $34,190, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for home health and personal care aides: a median of $34,460, ranking 30 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Home health and personal care aides occupies position 464 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 home health and personal care aides on $34,460 is $29,637. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,280 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 $34,190 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,530 |
| This salary | $34,460 |
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 | $29,637 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,869 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,544 |
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 | $34,172 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,867 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,460 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,370 and the ninetieth is $39,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $29,637, from $34,460, 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 464 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,280 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 464.
- The Ohio median of $34,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,370 to $39,530. 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 $29,637 from $34,460. 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 464 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,280, worked from $34,460, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 464 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,370 and the top tenth $39,530, 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 $32,280 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $29,637 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,370 to $39,530) 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 $32,280 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 $29,637 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.