Substitute Teachers, Short-Term in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,725
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$5,425
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,554
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
$37,150
Kept after tax
$31,725
Worth in national money
$34,554
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays substitute teachers, short-term around $37,150 at the midpoint, 27 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, substitute teachers, short-term lands at 432. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,150 the take-home is $31,725; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,554 would nationally. The average comes to $37,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For substitute teachers, short-term the Ohio median is $37,150, ranking 27 of 50 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.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 432 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for substitute teachers, short-term in Ohio, on $37,150, is $31,725 — equivalent to $34,554 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 $37,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,470 |
| This salary | $37,150 |
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 | $31,725 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,030 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,593 |
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 | $36,770 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,926 |
| 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 $37,150. The published range is $28,480 up to $47,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $31,725 take-home in Ohio comes from $37,150. 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 432 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,554 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 432.
- Reported values are medians; for substitute teachers, short-term in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,480 to $47,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $31,725, from $37,150, 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 432 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,554, worked from $37,150, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 432 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,480 at the bottom tenth to $47,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,554 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $31,725 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,480 to $47,470) 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 $34,554 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 $31,725 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.