Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,942
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,508
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,414
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
$46,450
Kept after tax
$38,942
Worth in national money
$42,414
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 34 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,450. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 346 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,450 you keep $38,942 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,414 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 34 of 51 for industrial truck and tractor operators at $46,450. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 346 of 494 in Ohio places industrial truck and tractor operators 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 $38,942 after the full tax stack, from $46,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,414 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,660 |
| This salary | $46,450 |
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 | $38,942 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,764 |
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 | $45,752 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,133 |
| 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 $46,450. The published range is $37,960 up to $63,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $38,942, worked from $46,450. 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 346 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,414 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 346.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial truck and tractor operators in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,960 to $63,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $38,942, on $46,450 for work ranking 346 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 346 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,414, worked from $46,450, 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 346 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $49,800, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,960 at the bottom tenth to $63,660 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,414 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, $38,942 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $49,800. 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 ($37,960 to $63,660) 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 $42,414 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 $38,942 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.