Prepress Technicians and Workers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,997
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,813
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,564
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
$47,810
Kept after tax
$39,997
Worth in national money
$43,564
State rank
24
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays prepress technicians and workers around $47,810 at the midpoint, 24 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 328 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,810 the take-home is $39,997; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,564 would nationally. The average comes to $48,280, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For prepress technicians and workers the Ohio median is $47,810, ranking 24 of 45 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.
- Prepress technicians and workers ranks 328 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for prepress technicians and workers in Ohio, on $47,810, is $39,997 — equivalent to $43,564 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 $48,280 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,030 |
| This salary | $47,810 |
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 | $39,997 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,788 |
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 | $47,065 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,163 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,810 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,920 and the ninetieth is $62,030 — 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 $39,997, worked from $47,810. 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 328 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,564, the adjusted value of that $47,810 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 328 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $47,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,920 to $62,030. 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 $39,997, on $47,810 for work ranking 328 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 328 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $43,564 — the adjusted value of that $47,810 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 328 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,920 and the top tenth $62,030, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Ohio sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $43,564 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $39,997.
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 45 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 ($33,920 to $62,030) 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 $43,564 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 $39,997 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.