Office Clerks, General in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,792
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,888
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,073
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
$43,680
Kept after tax
$36,792
Worth in national money
$40,073
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 31 of 51 states for office clerks, general, with a middle wage of $43,680. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, office clerks, general ranks 382. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,680 you keep $36,792 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,073 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,880, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 31 of 51 for office clerks, general at $43,680. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, office clerks, general ranks 382 of 494, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $36,792 after the full tax stack, from $43,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,073 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,880 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,190 |
| This salary | $43,680 |
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 | $36,792 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,277 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,713 |
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 | $43,077 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,071 |
| 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 $43,680. The published range is $27,770 up to $63,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,792 take-home in Ohio comes from $43,680. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 382 of 494.
- Two cautions on $40,073, the adjusted value of that $43,680 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 382 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for office clerks, general in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,770 to $63,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,792, from $43,680, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 382 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- This $40,073 adjusted figure, worked from $43,680, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 382 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 382 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $27,770 at the bottom tenth to $63,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $40,073.
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, $36,792 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($27,770) and the ninetieth ($63,190) 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 $40,073 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 $36,792 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.