Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,578
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$22,102
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,318
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
$97,680
Kept after tax
$75,578
Worth in national money
$82,318
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Ohio pays this job a middle wage of $97,680, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 1.06% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, this job comes in at 64 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $97,680 the take-home is $75,578; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,318 would nationally. The average comes to $99,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio's median for postmasters and mail superintendents is $97,680, about 1.06% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 64 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.
- Post-tax income for postmasters and mail superintendents in Ohio, on $97,680, is $75,578 — equivalent to $82,318 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 $99,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,610 |
| This salary | $97,680 |
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 | $75,578 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,548 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,516 |
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 | $94,880 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,475 |
| 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 postmasters and mail superintendents in Ohio earn under $97,680 and half over. The published range runs $89,770 at the tenth percentile to $111,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $75,578, from $97,680, 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 64 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $82,318, the adjusted value of that $97,680 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 64 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for postmasters and mail superintendents in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $89,770 to $111,610; 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 $75,578 from $97,680. 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 64 of 494 locally.
- This $82,318 adjusted figure, worked from $97,680, 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 64 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $89,770 and the top tenth $111,610, 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 $82,318.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $75,578.
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 50 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 ($89,770 to $111,610) 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 $82,318 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 $75,578 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.