Producers and Directors in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,427
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$12,923
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,459
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
$69,350
Kept after tax
$56,427
Worth in national money
$61,459
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 23 of 50 states for producers and directors, with a middle wage of $69,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Producers and directors ranks 172 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $69,350 you keep $56,427, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,459 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $78,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 23 of 50 for producers and directors at $69,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 172 of 494 in Ohio places producers and directors 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 producers and directors on $69,350 is $56,427. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,459 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 $78,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Producers and Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,450 |
| This salary | $69,350 |
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 | $56,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,618 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,167 |
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 | $67,657 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,993 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $69,350. The published range is $44,950 up to $122,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $56,427, from $69,350, 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 172 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,459 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 172.
- Reported values are medians; for producers and directors in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,950 to $122,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $56,427 from $69,350. 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 172 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,459, worked from $69,350, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 172 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 $78,200, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,950 and the top tenth $122,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,459 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Ohio's own levy, $56,427 remains.
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.
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 $78,200. 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 ($44,950) and the ninetieth ($122,450) 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 $61,459 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 $56,427 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.