Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,037
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,113
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,697
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
$49,150
Kept after tax
$41,037
Worth in national money
$44,697
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for loan interviewers and clerks. The median is $49,150, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 305 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,150 you keep $41,037, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,697 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,760, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for loan interviewers and clerks: a median of $49,150, ranking 29 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.
- Position 305 of 494 in Ohio places loan interviewers and clerks 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for loan interviewers and clerks on $49,150 is $41,037. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,697 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 $51,760 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,260 |
| This salary | $49,150 |
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 | $41,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,672 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,813 |
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 | $48,359 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,193 |
| 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 $49,150. The published range is $39,180 up to $64,260, 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 $41,037, worked from $49,150. 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 305 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,697 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 305.
- Reported values are medians; for loan interviewers and clerks in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,180 to $64,260. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $41,037, on $49,150 for work ranking 305 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 305 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,697, worked from $49,150, 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 305 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 $51,760, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,180 at the tenth percentile, $64,260 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $44,697.
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 $41,037 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.
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 $51,760. 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 ($39,180 to $64,260) 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 $44,697 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 $41,037 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.