Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,417
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$16,273
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,072
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
$79,690
Kept after tax
$63,417
Worth in national money
$69,072
State rank
25
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 $79,690, ranking 25 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 108 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,690 you keep $63,417, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,072 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $79,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for sociology teachers, postsecondary: a median of $79,690, ranking 25 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.
- Within Ohio, sociology teachers, postsecondary ranks 108 of 494 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for sociology teachers, postsecondary on $79,690 is $63,417. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,072 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 $79,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,980 |
| This salary | $79,690 |
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 | $63,417 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,294 |
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 | $77,593 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,169 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,690 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,530 and the ninetieth is $123,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $63,417, worked from $79,690. 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 108 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,072, the adjusted value of that $79,690 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 108 of 494 in the state.
- The Ohio median of $79,690 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,530 to $123,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Ohio take-home of $63,417, on $79,690 for work ranking 108 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 108 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $69,072 — the adjusted value of that $79,690 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 108 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,530, the highest tenth $123,980, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $69,072 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $63,417 of this wage survives to your account.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,530) and the ninetieth ($123,980) 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 $69,072 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 $63,417 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.