Tool and Die Makers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,226
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,054
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,794
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
$62,280
Kept after tax
$51,226
Worth in national money
$55,794
State rank
27
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio sits in the middle of the pack for tool and die makers. The median is $62,280, ranking 27 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tool and die makers ranks 209 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,280 you keep $51,226 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,794 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio occupies the middle band for tool and die makers: a median of $62,280, ranking 27 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 209 of 494 in Ohio places tool and die makers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $51,226 after the full tax stack, from $62,280. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,794 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,840 |
| This salary | $62,280 |
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 | $51,226 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,054 |
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 | $61,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,484 |
| 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 $62,280. The published range is $42,080 up to $84,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $51,226, worked from $62,280. 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 209 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,794, the adjusted value of that $62,280 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 209 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tool and die makers in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,080 to $84,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $51,226, on $62,280 for work ranking 209 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 209 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $55,794 — the adjusted value of that $62,280 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 209 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,080 at the tenth percentile, $84,840 at the ninetieth.
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 $55,794 in national terms.
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, $51,226 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($42,080 to $84,840) 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 $55,794 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 $51,226 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.