Tellers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,789
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,021
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,802
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
$39,810
Kept after tax
$33,789
Worth in national money
$36,802
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 28 of 51 states for tellers, with a middle wage of $39,810. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Ohio this is lower-paid work. Of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, tellers ranks 403. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,810 you keep $33,789, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,802 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 28 of 51 for tellers at $39,810. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Ohio reports, tellers ranks 403 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for tellers on $39,810 is $33,789. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,802 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 $41,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,930 |
| This salary | $39,810 |
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 | $33,789 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,167 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,642 |
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 | $39,339 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,985 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of tellers in Ohio earn under $39,810 and half over. The published range runs $35,360 at the tenth percentile to $47,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $33,789, from $39,810, 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 403 of 494 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,802, the adjusted value of that $39,810 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 403 of 494 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tellers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,360 to $47,930; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,789 from $39,810. 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 403 of 494 locally.
- This $36,802 adjusted figure, worked from $39,810, 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 403 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 403 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $41,780, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,360 and the top tenth $47,930, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,802 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 $33,789 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $41,780. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,360 to $47,930) 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 $36,802 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 $33,789 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.