Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,804
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$25,566
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,189
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
$108,370
Kept after tax
$82,804
Worth in national money
$90,189
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 17 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $108,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, this job comes in at 36 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $108,370 you keep $82,804, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $90,189 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $115,820, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 17 of 49 for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products at $108,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 36 of 494 occupations by median in Ohio, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products on $108,370 is $82,804. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $90,189 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 $115,820 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $192,350 |
| This salary | $108,370 |
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 | $82,804 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,648 |
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 | $105,152 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,657 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $108,370 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,860 and the ninetieth is $192,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,804 take-home in Ohio comes from $108,370. 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 36 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $90,189 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 36.
- The Ohio median of $108,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,860 to $192,350. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $82,804, from $108,370, 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 36 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,189, worked from $108,370, 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 36 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $115,820, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,860, the highest tenth $192,350, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $90,189.
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 $82,804 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 49 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 $115,820. 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 ($47,860) and the ninetieth ($192,350) 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 $90,189 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 $82,804 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.