Radiation Therapists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,234
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$22,416
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,032
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
$98,650
Kept after tax
$76,234
Worth in national money
$83,032
State rank
30
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 30 of 46 states for radiation therapists, with a middle wage of $98,650. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 57 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,650 you keep $76,234, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $83,032 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $102,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 30 of 46 for radiation therapists at $98,650. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Ohio, radiation therapists ranks 57 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for radiation therapists on $98,650 is $76,234. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $83,032 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 $102,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,920 |
| This salary | $98,650 |
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 | $76,234 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,528 |
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 | $95,812 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,492 |
| 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 radiation therapists in Ohio earn under $98,650 and half over. The published range runs $76,640 at the tenth percentile to $123,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $76,234, from $98,650, 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 57 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 $83,032 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 57.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiation therapists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,640 to $123,920; 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 $76,234 from $98,650. 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 57 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,032, worked from $98,650, 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 57 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 $102,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,640 at the tenth percentile, $123,920 at the ninetieth.
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 $83,032 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $76,234 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $102,160. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,640 to $123,920) 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 $83,032 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 $76,234 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.