Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,706
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$14,974
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,120
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
$75,680
Kept after tax
$60,706
Worth in national money
$66,120
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $75,680 at the midpoint, 23 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 143.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $75,680 you keep $60,706 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,120 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $79,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- For postsecondary teachers, all other the Ohio median is $75,680, ranking 23 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, postsecondary teachers, all other sits at 143 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $60,706 after the full tax stack, from $75,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,120 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $79,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,790 |
| This salary | $75,680 |
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 | $60,706 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,071 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,245 |
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 | $73,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,100 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $75,680 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,180 and the ninetieth is $126,790 — 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 $60,706, worked from $75,680. 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 143 of 494.
- Two cautions on $66,120, the adjusted value of that $75,680 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 143 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $75,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,180 to $126,790. 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 $60,706, on $75,680 for work ranking 143 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 143 of 494 in the state.
- This $66,120 adjusted figure, worked from $75,680, 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 143 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 143 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 $79,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $38,180 at the bottom tenth to $126,790 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 $66,120 in national terms.
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 $60,706.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $79,070. 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 ($38,180) and the ninetieth ($126,790) 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 $66,120 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 $60,706 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.