Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,564
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$14,906
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,965
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
$75,470
Kept after tax
$60,564
Worth in national money
$65,965
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $75,470 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 144 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $75,470 the take-home is $60,564; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,965 would nationally. The average lands at $74,120, below the middle of the range.
- For stationary engineers and boiler operators the Ohio median is $75,470, ranking 20 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Stationary engineers and boiler operators ranks 144 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for stationary engineers and boiler operators in Ohio, on $75,470, is $60,564 — equivalent to $65,965 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 $74,120 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,890 |
| This salary | $75,470 |
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 | $60,564 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,923 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,242 |
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 | $73,538 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,097 |
| 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 $75,470. The published range is $59,130 up to $87,890, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $60,564 take-home in Ohio comes from $75,470. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 144 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,965, the adjusted value of that $75,470 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 144 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for stationary engineers and boiler operators in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,130 to $87,890. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $60,564, from $75,470, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 144 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $65,965 — the adjusted value of that $75,470 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 144 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $59,130 at the bottom tenth to $87,890 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $65,965 in national terms.
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 $60,564 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,130 to $87,890) 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 $65,965 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 $60,564 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.