Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,475
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,085
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,817
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
$44,560
Kept after tax
$37,475
Worth in national money
$40,817
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $44,560. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 3.49% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, this job lands at 377. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,560 you keep $37,475 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,817 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,540, since top earners drag the number up.
- For molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, Ohio sits in the lower band at $44,560, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 3.49%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 377 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $37,475 after the full tax stack, from $44,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,817 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,540 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,360 |
| This salary | $44,560 |
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 | $37,475 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,984 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,729 |
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 | $43,926 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,091 |
| 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 $44,560. The published range is $37,120 up to $62,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $37,475, worked from $44,560. 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 377 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,817, the adjusted value of that $44,560 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 377 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,120 to $62,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $37,475, on $44,560 for work ranking 377 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 377 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $40,817 — the adjusted value of that $44,560 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 377 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $46,540, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,120 at the tenth percentile, $62,360 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,817 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,475 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $46,540. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,120 to $62,360) 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 $40,817 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 $37,475 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.