Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,898
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,382
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,258
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
$59,280
Kept after tax
$48,898
Worth in national money
$53,258
State rank
31
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for maintenance workers, machinery. The middle earner takes $59,280, ranking 31 of 46 states — about 2.58% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 244.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,280 the take-home is $48,898; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,258 would nationally. The average comes to $60,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 31 of 46 for maintenance workers, machinery, with a median of $59,280 — about 2.58% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, maintenance workers, machinery sits at 244 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for maintenance workers, machinery in Ohio, on $59,280, is $48,898 — equivalent to $53,258 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 $60,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,400 |
| This salary | $59,280 |
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 | $48,898 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,811 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,999 |
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 | $58,143 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,417 |
| 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Ohio earn under $59,280 and half over. The published range runs $38,330 at the tenth percentile to $85,400 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 $48,898, worked from $59,280. 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 244 of 494.
- Two cautions on $53,258, the adjusted value of that $59,280 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 244 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance workers, machinery in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,330 to $85,400; 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 $48,898, on $59,280 for work ranking 244 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 244 of 494 in the state.
- This $53,258 adjusted figure, worked from $59,280, 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 244 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 244 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $38,330 at the bottom tenth to $85,400 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $53,258.
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, $48,898 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,330) and the ninetieth ($85,400) 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 $53,258 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 $48,898 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.