Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,453
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,347
14.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,258
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
$36,800
Kept after tax
$31,453
Worth in national money
$34,258
State rank
37
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays slaughterers and meat packers a middle wage of $36,800, 37 of 47 states and about 8.3% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 438. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $36,800 you keep $31,453 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,258 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $37,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio's $36,800 median for slaughterers and meat packers places it 37 of 47 states, about 8.3% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 438 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 $31,453 after the full tax stack, from $36,800. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,258 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $37,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,520 |
| This salary | $36,800 |
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 | $31,453 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,749 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,586 |
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 | $36,432 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,919 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,800 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,350 and the ninetieth is $45,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $31,453, from $36,800, 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 438 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,258, the adjusted value of that $36,800 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 438 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $36,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,350 to $45,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,453 from $36,800. 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 438 of 494 locally.
- This $34,258 adjusted figure, worked from $36,800, 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 438 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 438 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,350 at the tenth percentile, $45,520 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 $34,258 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 $31,453.
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 47 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 ($30,350 to $45,520) 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 $34,258 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 $31,453 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.