Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,860
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$4,310
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,345
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
$32,170
Kept after tax
$27,860
Worth in national money
$30,345
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays maids and housekeeping cleaners around $32,170 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 470. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $32,170 you keep $27,860 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $30,345 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $32,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- For maids and housekeeping cleaners the Ohio median is $32,170, ranking 34 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.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 470 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $27,860 after the full tax stack, from $32,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,345 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $32,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,750 |
| This salary | $32,170 |
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 | $27,860 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,029 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,502 |
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 | $31,961 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,816 |
| 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 maids and housekeeping cleaners in Ohio earn under $32,170 and half over. The published range runs $27,650 at the tenth percentile to $37,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $27,860, from $32,170, 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 470 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $30,345, the adjusted value of that $32,170 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 470 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for maids and housekeeping cleaners in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,650 to $37,750; 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.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $27,860 from $32,170. 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 470 of 494 locally.
- This $30,345 adjusted figure, worked from $32,170, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 470 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 470 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,650 at the bottom tenth to $37,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,345 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, $27,860 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,650 to $37,750) 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 $30,345 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 $27,860 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.