Labor Relations Specialists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,728
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$16,422
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,411
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
$80,150
Kept after tax
$63,728
Worth in national money
$69,411
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays labor relations specialists around $80,150 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, labor relations specialists comes in at 102 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,150 the take-home is $63,728; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,411 would nationally. The average comes to $86,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For labor relations specialists the Ohio median is $80,150, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Labor relations specialists ranks 102 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 labor relations specialists in Ohio, on $80,150, is $63,728 — equivalent to $69,411 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 $86,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,010 |
| This salary | $80,150 |
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 | $63,728 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,216 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,300 |
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 | $78,035 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,177 |
| 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 labor relations specialists in Ohio earn under $80,150 and half over. The published range runs $46,660 at the tenth percentile to $127,010 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 $63,728, worked from $80,150. 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 102 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,411 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 102.
- Figures are distribution medians for labor relations specialists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,660 to $127,010; 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 $63,728, on $80,150 for work ranking 102 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 102 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,411, worked from $80,150, 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 102 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 $86,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,660 at the bottom tenth to $127,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $69,411 in national terms.
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, $63,728 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 $86,380. 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 ($46,660) and the ninetieth ($127,010) 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 $69,411 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 $63,728 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.