Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,659
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$15,431
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,158
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
$77,090
Kept after tax
$61,659
Worth in national money
$67,158
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Ohio's middle earner gets $77,090, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 19.76% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 133.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $77,090 you keep $61,659 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $67,158 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,280.
- For middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, Ohio sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,090, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 19.76% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education sits at 133 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.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $61,659 after the full tax stack, from $77,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,158 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $73,280 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,940 |
| This salary | $77,090 |
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 | $61,659 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,063 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,262 |
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 | $75,095 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,125 |
| 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 $77,090. The published range is $46,040 up to $101,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $61,659 take-home in Ohio comes from $77,090. 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 133 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,158 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 133.
- Reported values are medians; for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,040 to $101,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $61,659, from $77,090, 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 133 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,158, worked from $77,090, 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 133 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $73,280 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,040, the highest tenth $101,940, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $67,158 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, $61,659 remains.
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 $73,280. 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 ($46,040) and the ninetieth ($101,940) 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 $67,158 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 $61,659 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.