Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,505
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,805
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,761
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
$43,310
Kept after tax
$36,505
Worth in national money
$39,761
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $43,310, ranking 24 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 386 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,310 you keep $36,505, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,761 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders: a median of $43,310, ranking 24 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders occupies position 386 of 494 in Ohio's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for packaging and filling machine operators and tenders on $43,310 is $36,505. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,761 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 $45,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,180 |
| This salary | $43,310 |
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 | $36,505 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,706 |
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 | $42,719 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,063 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,310 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,780 and the ninetieth is $61,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,505 take-home in Ohio comes from $43,310. 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 386 of 494.
- Two cautions on $39,761, the adjusted value of that $43,310 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 386 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $43,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,780 to $61,180. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $36,505, from $43,310, 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 386 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- This $39,761 adjusted figure, worked from $43,310, 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 386 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 386 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 $45,140, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,780 at the tenth percentile, $61,180 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,761 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, $36,505 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $45,140. 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 ($33,780 to $61,180) 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 $39,761 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 $36,505 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.