Public Relations Managers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,767
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$28,903
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,773
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
$118,670
Kept after tax
$89,767
Worth in national money
$97,773
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for public relations managers. The median is $118,670, ranking 27 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 30 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $118,670 you keep $89,767 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $97,773 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $132,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for public relations managers: a median of $118,670, ranking 27 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Ohio, public relations managers ranks 30 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $89,767 after the full tax stack, from $118,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,773 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $132,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $211,290 |
| This salary | $118,670 |
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 | $89,767 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,314 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,775 |
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 | $115,049 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,854 |
| 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 public relations managers in Ohio earn under $118,670 and half over. The published range runs $59,540 at the tenth percentile to $211,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $89,767, worked from $118,670. 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 30 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $97,773 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 30.
- Figures are distribution medians for public relations managers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,540 to $211,290; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $89,767, on $118,670 for work ranking 30 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 30 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $97,773, worked from $118,670, 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 30 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 $132,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $59,540, the highest tenth $211,290, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $97,773 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 $89,767.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $132,030. 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 ($59,540) and the ninetieth ($211,290) 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 $97,773 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 $89,767 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.