Software Developers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,671
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$27,419
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,401
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
$114,090
Kept after tax
$86,671
Worth in national money
$94,401
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for software developers. The middle earner takes $114,090, ranking 41 of 50 states — about 16.1% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 494 occupations Ohio reports, software developers comes in at 31 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $114,090 you keep $86,671 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $94,401 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $119,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 41 of 50 for software developers, with a median of $114,090 — about 16.1% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Software developers ranks 31 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.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $86,671 after the full tax stack, from $114,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $94,401 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $119,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,400 |
| This salary | $114,090 |
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 | $86,671 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,092 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,718 |
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 | $110,648 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,755 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Ohio earn less than $114,090. The published range is $77,790 up to $168,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $86,671, from $114,090, 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 31 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $94,401, the adjusted value of that $114,090 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 31 of 494 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for software developers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,790 to $168,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $86,671 from $114,090. 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 31 of 494 locally.
- This $94,401 adjusted figure, worked from $114,090, 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 31 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 31 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 $119,860, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $77,790 at the bottom tenth to $168,400 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $94,401.
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 $86,671 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $119,860. 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 ($77,790) and the ninetieth ($168,400) 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 $94,401 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 $86,671 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.