Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Ohio

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May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$35,861

after federal, FICA and Ohio tax

Tax takes

$6,619

15.6% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$39,059

Ohio costs less than average

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

$42,480

Kept after tax

$35,861

Worth in national money

$39,059

State rank

29

of 50 states

What this pays, and what it is worth

  • Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $42,480, ranking 29 of 50 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: 391 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
  • Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $42,480 you keep $35,861, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,059 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
  • Ohio occupies the middle band for interviewers, except eligibility and loan: a median of $42,480, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
  • Interviewers, except eligibility and loan occupies position 391 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 interviewers, except eligibility and loan on $42,480 is $35,861. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,059 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 $44,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.

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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$35,990
Half earn under$42,480
Top tenth earn over$56,530
This salary$42,480

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

Compare with
+$452take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Ohio$35,861
Take-home in Texas$36,313
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity−$1,691

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

Moving to
$0$44,525
$44,525in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$41,918
Raise you would need+$2,045
Prices in Texas97 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 interviewers, except eligibility and loan in Ohio earn under $42,480 and half over. The published range runs $35,990 at the tenth percentile to $56,530 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 $35,861, worked from $42,480. 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 391 of 494.
  • The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,059 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 391.
  • Figures are distribution medians for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,990 to $56,530; 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 $35,861, on $42,480 for work ranking 391 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 391 of 494 in the state.
  • Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,059, worked from $42,480, 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 391 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 $44,320, 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?

Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,990 and the top tenth $56,530, 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 $39,059 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.

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 $35,861.

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 $44,320. 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 ($35,990 to $56,530) 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 $39,059 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 $35,861 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.