Occupational Therapy Assistants in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,552
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,148
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,149
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
$62,700
Kept after tax
$51,552
Worth in national money
$56,149
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $62,700. That is 42 of 50 states, and about 13.28% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 203.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,700 you keep $51,552 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,149 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $64,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational therapy assistants, Ohio sits in the lower band at $62,700, ranking 42 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 13.28%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, occupational therapy assistants sits at 203 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 $51,552 after the full tax stack, from $62,700. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,149 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,600 |
| This salary | $62,700 |
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 | $51,552 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,559 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,062 |
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 | $61,446 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,493 |
| 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 occupational therapy assistants in Ohio earn under $62,700 and half over. The published range runs $49,500 at the tenth percentile to $79,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $51,552, from $62,700, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 203 of 494 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,149, the adjusted value of that $62,700 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 203 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,500 to $79,600; 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.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,552 from $62,700. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 203 of 494 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $56,149 — the adjusted value of that $62,700 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 203 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 $64,770, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,500 at the bottom tenth to $79,600 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $56,149.
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 $51,552 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $64,770. 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 ($49,500 to $79,600) 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 $56,149 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 $51,552 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.