Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,652
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$21,658
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,310
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
$96,310
Kept after tax
$74,652
Worth in national money
$81,310
State rank
32
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physics teachers, postsecondary is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $96,310. That is 32 of 47 states, and about 3.99% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, physics teachers, postsecondary comes in at 68 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $96,310 you keep $74,652 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $81,310 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $92,760.
- For physics teachers, postsecondary, Ohio sits in the lower band at $96,310, ranking 32 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 3.99%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Physics teachers, postsecondary ranks 68 of 494 occupations by median in Ohio, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $74,652 after the full tax stack, from $96,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $81,310 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $92,760 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,700 |
| This salary | $96,310 |
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 | $74,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,584 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,499 |
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 | $93,564 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,452 |
| 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 physics teachers, postsecondary in Ohio earn under $96,310 and half over. The published range runs $47,960 at the tenth percentile to $132,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $74,652, from $96,310, 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 68 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $81,310, the adjusted value of that $96,310 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 68 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physics teachers, postsecondary in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,960 to $132,700; 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 $74,652 from $96,310. 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 68 of 494 locally.
- This $81,310 adjusted figure, worked from $96,310, 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 68 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 68 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $92,760, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,960 at the bottom tenth to $132,700 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $81,310 in national terms.
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 $74,652 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $92,760. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,960) and the ninetieth ($132,700) 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 $81,310 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 $74,652 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.