Marriage and Family Therapists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,029
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$13,211
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,115
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
$70,240
Kept after tax
$57,029
Worth in national money
$62,115
State rank
12
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Ohio pays marriage and family therapists a middle wage of $70,240, ranking 12 of 45 states and sitting about 4.93% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 167.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $70,240 you keep $57,029, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $62,115 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $86,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio's median for marriage and family therapists is $70,240, about 4.93% above the national figure and 12 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, marriage and family therapists sits at 167 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for marriage and family therapists on $70,240 is $57,029. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $62,115 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 $86,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,860 |
| This salary | $70,240 |
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 | $57,029 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,244 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,177 |
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 | $68,513 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,008 |
| 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 marriage and family therapists in Ohio earn under $70,240 and half over. The published range runs $41,200 at the tenth percentile to $157,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $57,029 take-home in Ohio comes from $70,240. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 167 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,115 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 167.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,200 to $157,860; 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.
- Retained pay of $57,029, from $70,240, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 167 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,115, worked from $70,240, 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 167 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 $86,810, 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 $41,200 at the bottom tenth to $157,860 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,115 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $57,029 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $86,810. 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 ($41,200) and the ninetieth ($157,860) 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 $62,115 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 $57,029 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.