Ophthalmic Medical Technicians in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,208
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,142
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,259
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
$40,350
Kept after tax
$34,208
Worth in national money
$37,259
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays ophthalmic medical technicians a middle wage of $40,350, 36 of 51 states and about 11.45% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, ophthalmic medical technicians ranks 398. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,350 the take-home is $34,208; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,259 would nationally. The average comes to $42,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio's $40,350 median for ophthalmic medical technicians places it 36 of 51 states, about 11.45% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, ophthalmic medical technicians ranks 398 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.
- Post-tax income for ophthalmic medical technicians in Ohio, on $40,350, is $34,208 — equivalent to $37,259 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $42,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,420 |
| This salary | $40,350 |
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 | $34,208 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,601 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,652 |
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 | $39,861 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,997 |
| 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 ophthalmic medical technicians in Ohio earn under $40,350 and half over. The published range runs $34,570 at the tenth percentile to $53,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,208 take-home in Ohio comes from $40,350. 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 398 of 494.
- Two cautions on $37,259, the adjusted value of that $40,350 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 398 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for ophthalmic medical technicians in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,570 to $53,420; 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.
- Retained pay of $34,208, from $40,350, 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 398 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- This $37,259 adjusted figure, worked from $40,350, 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 398 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 398 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 $42,860 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,570 and the top tenth $53,420, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,259.
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 $34,208 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $42,860. 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 ($34,570 to $53,420) 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 $37,259 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 $34,208 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.