Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,373
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$20,087
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,739
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
$91,460
Kept after tax
$71,373
Worth in national money
$77,739
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $91,460 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 79 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $91,460 you keep $71,373, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $77,739 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $96,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For occupational health and safety specialists the Ohio median is $91,460, ranking 20 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Ohio, occupational health and safety specialists ranks 79 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for occupational health and safety specialists on $91,460 is $71,373. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $77,739 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $96,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,390 |
| This salary | $91,460 |
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 | $71,373 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,172 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,439 |
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 | $88,903 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,369 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $91,460 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,430 and the ninetieth is $136,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $71,373, worked from $91,460. 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 79 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,739, the adjusted value of that $91,460 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 79 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $91,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,430 to $136,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Ohio take-home of $71,373, on $91,460 for work ranking 79 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 79 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $77,739 — the adjusted value of that $91,460 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 79 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $96,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $57,430 and the top tenth $136,390 — 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 $77,739 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, $71,373 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.
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 $96,350. 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 ($57,430) and the ninetieth ($136,390) 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 $77,739 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 $71,373 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.