Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,824
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,186
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,197
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
$45,010
Kept after tax
$37,824
Worth in national money
$41,197
State rank
19
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $45,010, ranking 19 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Ohio, this one sits low: 372 of 494 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,010 the take-home is $37,824; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,197 would nationally. The average lands at $44,560, below the middle of the range.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood: a median of $45,010, ranking 19 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood occupies position 372 of 494 in Ohio's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Ohio, on $45,010, is $37,824 — equivalent to $41,197 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $44,560 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,070 |
| This salary | $45,010 |
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 | $37,824 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,346 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,737 |
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 | $44,361 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,101 |
| 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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Ohio earn under $45,010 and half over. The published range runs $35,940 at the tenth percentile to $57,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $37,824, from $45,010, 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 372 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 $41,197 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 372.
- Figures are distribution medians for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,940 to $57,070; 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 $37,824 from $45,010. 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 372 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,197, worked from $45,010, 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 372 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,940 at the tenth percentile, $57,070 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,197 in national terms.
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 $37,824.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,940 to $57,070) 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 $41,197 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 $37,824 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.