Natural Sciences Managers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,966
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$35,204
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$111,059
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
$137,170
Kept after tax
$101,966
Worth in national money
$111,059
State rank
17
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 17 of 48 states for natural sciences managers, with a middle wage of $137,170. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, natural sciences managers ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $137,170 you keep $101,966 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $111,059 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $148,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 17 of 48 for natural sciences managers at $137,170. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, natural sciences managers sits 12 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $101,966 after the full tax stack, from $137,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $111,059 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $148,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $217,760 |
| This salary | $137,170 |
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 | $101,966 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,022 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,985 |
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 | $132,699 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,243 |
| 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 $137,170. The published range is $78,720 up to $217,760, 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 $101,966, worked from $137,170. 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 12 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $111,059, the adjusted value of that $137,170 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 12 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for natural sciences managers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,720 to $217,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $101,966, on $137,170 for work ranking 12 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 12 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $111,059 — the adjusted value of that $137,170 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 12 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 $148,730 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $78,720 and the top tenth $217,760 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $111,059 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, $101,966 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $148,730. 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 ($78,720) and the ninetieth ($217,760) 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 $111,059 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 $101,966 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.