Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,887
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,183
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,641
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
$36,070
Kept after tax
$30,887
Worth in national money
$33,641
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $36,070. That is 45 of 50 states, and about 18.74% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, this job lands at 446. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $36,070 you keep $30,887 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,641 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, Ohio sits in the lower band at $36,070, ranking 45 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 18.74%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 446 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $30,887 after the full tax stack, from $36,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,641 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,300 |
| This salary | $36,070 |
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 | $30,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,162 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,573 |
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 | $35,727 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,902 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,070 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,940 and the ninetieth is $78,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $30,887, from $36,070, 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 446 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 $33,641 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 446.
- The Ohio median of $36,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,940 to $78,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,887 from $36,070. 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 446 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,641, worked from $36,070, 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 446 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $46,460 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $33,940 at the bottom tenth to $78,300 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $33,641 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $30,887 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $46,460. 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 ($33,940) and the ninetieth ($78,300) 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 $33,641 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 $30,887 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.