Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,269
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,201
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,574
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
$58,470
Kept after tax
$48,269
Worth in national money
$52,574
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $58,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 248 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,470 you keep $48,269, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,574 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $59,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 26 of 51 for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators at $58,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 248 of 494 in Ohio places postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators on $58,470 is $48,269. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,574 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 $59,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,280 |
| This salary | $58,470 |
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 | $48,269 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,161 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,984 |
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 | $57,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,399 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,470 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,530 and the ninetieth is $75,280 — 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 $48,269, worked from $58,470. 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 248 of 494.
- Two cautions on $52,574, the adjusted value of that $58,470 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 248 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $58,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,530 to $75,280. 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 $48,269, on $58,470 for work ranking 248 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 248 of 494 in the state.
- This $52,574 adjusted figure, worked from $58,470, 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 248 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 248 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,530 at the bottom tenth to $75,280 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,574.
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 $48,269 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,530 to $75,280) 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 $52,574 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 $48,269 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.