Millwrights in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,043
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$14,177
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,309
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
$73,220
Kept after tax
$59,043
Worth in national money
$64,309
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is one of the better-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $73,220, which ranks 15 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 11.45% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Millwrights ranks 158 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $73,220 you keep $59,043 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,309 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $71,780.
- Ohio ranks 15 of 48 states publishing a median for millwrights, at $73,220 — about 11.45% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 158 of 494 in Ohio places millwrights in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $59,043 after the full tax stack, from $73,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,309 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $71,780 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,760 |
| This salary | $73,220 |
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 | $59,043 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,340 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,214 |
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 | $71,376 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,059 |
| 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 millwrights in Ohio earn under $73,220 and half over. The published range runs $51,880 at the tenth percentile to $91,760 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 $59,043, worked from $73,220. 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 158 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,309 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 158.
- Figures are distribution medians for millwrights in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,880 to $91,760; 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 $59,043, on $73,220 for work ranking 158 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 158 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,309, worked from $73,220, 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 158 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $51,880 and the top tenth $91,760, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $64,309 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $59,043.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,880 to $91,760) 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 $64,309 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 $59,043 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.