Industrial Engineers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,187
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$22,873
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,071
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
$100,060
Kept after tax
$77,187
Worth in national money
$84,071
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for industrial engineers. The middle earner takes $100,060, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 2.32% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, industrial engineers comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $100,060 the take-home is $77,187; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,071 would nationally. The average comes to $103,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 35 of 51 for industrial engineers, with a median of $100,060 — about 2.32% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Industrial engineers ranks 51 of 494 occupations by median in Ohio, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for industrial engineers in Ohio, on $100,060, is $77,187 — equivalent to $84,071 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 $103,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,390 |
| This salary | $100,060 |
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 | $77,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,545 |
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 | $97,167 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,516 |
| 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 $100,060. The published range is $74,130 up to $136,390, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $77,187, from $100,060, 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 51 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 $84,071 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 51.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial engineers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $74,130 to $136,390. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,187 from $100,060. 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 51 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,071, worked from $100,060, 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 51 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $103,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $74,130 and the top tenth $136,390, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $84,071 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 $77,187.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $103,740. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($74,130 to $136,390) 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 $84,071 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 $77,187 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.