Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,678
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,432
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,127
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
$46,110
Kept after tax
$38,678
Worth in national money
$42,127
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $46,110, 36 of 49 states and about 3.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 357 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,110 you keep $38,678 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,127 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,990.
- Ohio's $46,110 median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics places it 36 of 49 states, about 3.7% 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.
- Position 357 of 494 in Ohio places outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $38,678 after the full tax stack, from $46,110. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,127 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,990 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,850 |
| This salary | $46,110 |
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 | $38,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,229 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,757 |
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 | $45,423 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,125 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,110 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,780 and the ninetieth is $60,850 — 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 $38,678, worked from $46,110. 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 357 of 494.
- Two cautions on $42,127, the adjusted value of that $46,110 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 357 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $46,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,780 to $60,850. 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 $38,678, on $46,110 for work ranking 357 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 357 of 494 in the state.
- This $42,127 adjusted figure, worked from $46,110, 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 357 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,780 at the tenth percentile, $60,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,127.
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 $38,678 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,780 to $60,850) 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 $42,127 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 $38,678 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.