Sewing Machine Operators in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,646
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,114
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,379
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
$35,760
Kept after tax
$30,646
Worth in national money
$33,379
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 33 of 50 states for sewing machine operators, with a middle wage of $35,760. 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, sewing machine operators ranks 452. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,760 you keep $30,646 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,379 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $36,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 33 of 50 for sewing machine operators at $35,760. 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, sewing machine operators ranks 452 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 $30,646 after the full tax stack, from $35,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,379 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $36,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sewing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,890 |
| This salary | $35,760 |
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 | $30,646 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,913 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,567 |
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 | $35,428 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,896 |
| 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 sewing machine operators in Ohio earn under $35,760 and half over. The published range runs $29,530 at the tenth percentile to $43,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $30,646, worked from $35,760. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 452 of 494.
- Two cautions on $33,379, the adjusted value of that $35,760 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 452 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for sewing machine operators in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,530 to $43,890; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $30,646, on $35,760 for work ranking 452 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 452 of 494 in the state.
- This $33,379 adjusted figure, worked from $35,760, 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 452 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 452 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,530 and the top tenth $43,890, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $33,379 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Ohio's own levy, $30,646 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,530 to $43,890) 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 $33,379 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 $30,646 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.