Respiratory Therapists in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,572
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$16,348
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,242
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
$79,920
Kept after tax
$63,572
Worth in national money
$69,242
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays respiratory therapists around $79,920 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Ohio this is well-paid work. Of 494 occupations with published figures in the state, respiratory therapists ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,920 you keep $63,572, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,242 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $81,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For respiratory therapists the Ohio median is $79,920, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Ohio publishes a median for, respiratory therapists sits 105 of 494 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for respiratory therapists on $79,920 is $63,572. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,242 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 $81,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,030 |
| This salary | $79,920 |
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 | $63,572 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,054 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,297 |
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 | $77,814 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,173 |
| 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 respiratory therapists in Ohio earn under $79,920 and half over. The published range runs $65,580 at the tenth percentile to $97,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,572 take-home in Ohio comes from $79,920. 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 105 of 494.
- Two cautions on $69,242, the adjusted value of that $79,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 105 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for respiratory therapists in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,580 to $97,030; 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.
- Retained pay of $63,572, from $79,920, 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 105 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- This $69,242 adjusted figure, worked from $79,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 105 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 105 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $65,580 and the top tenth $97,030, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $69,242.
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 $63,572 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,580 to $97,030) 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 $69,242 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 $63,572 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.