Medical Equipment Repairers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,415
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$9,955
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,644
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
$57,370
Kept after tax
$47,415
Worth in national money
$51,644
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays medical equipment repairers a middle wage of $57,370, 38 of 51 states and about 6.96% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 259 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,370 you keep $47,415 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,644 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $58,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio's $57,370 median for medical equipment repairers places it 38 of 51 states, about 6.96% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Medical equipment repairers ranks 259 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $47,415 after the full tax stack, from $57,370. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,644 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $58,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,850 |
| This salary | $57,370 |
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 | $47,415 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,277 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,964 |
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 | $56,298 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,375 |
| 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 $57,370. The published range is $37,910 up to $82,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $47,415, from $57,370, 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 259 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,644 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 259.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment repairers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,910 to $82,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,415 from $57,370. 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 259 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,644, worked from $57,370, 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 259 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,910, the highest tenth $82,850, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $51,644 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, $47,415 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,910) and the ninetieth ($82,850) 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 $51,644 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 $47,415 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.