Residential Advisors in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,842
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,748
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,771
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
$38,590
Kept after tax
$32,842
Worth in national money
$35,771
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 31 of 51 states for residential advisors, with a middle wage of $38,590. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, residential advisors ranks 413. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,590 you keep $32,842 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,771 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 31 of 51 for residential advisors at $38,590. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, residential advisors ranks 413 of 494, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $32,842 after the full tax stack, from $38,590. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,771 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,710 |
| This salary | $38,590 |
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 | $32,842 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,187 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,619 |
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 | $38,161 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,958 |
| 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 $38,590. The published range is $28,390 up to $50,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $32,842 take-home in Ohio comes from $38,590. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 413 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,771, the adjusted value of that $38,590 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 413 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for residential advisors in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,390 to $50,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $32,842, from $38,590, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 413 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $35,771 — the adjusted value of that $38,590 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 413 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,390 at the tenth percentile, $50,710 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 $35,771 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 $32,842.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,390 to $50,710) 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 $35,771 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 $32,842 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.