Transportation Security Screeners in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,011
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$11,859
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,828
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
$65,870
Kept after tax
$54,011
Worth in national money
$58,828
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 18 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,870. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Ohio reports figures for, this is number 176.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,870 you keep $54,011, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,828 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $63,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Ohio ranks 18 of 45 for transportation security screeners at $65,870. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Ohio's occupational distribution, transportation security screeners sits at 176 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for transportation security screeners on $65,870 is $54,011. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,828 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 $63,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,300 |
| This salary | $65,870 |
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 | $54,011 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,107 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,120 |
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 | $64,507 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,839 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,870 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,650 and the ninetieth is $72,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $54,011, from $65,870, 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 176 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,828 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 176.
- The Ohio median of $65,870 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,650 to $72,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,011 from $65,870. 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 176 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,828, worked from $65,870, 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 176 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $63,510 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,650 at the tenth percentile, $72,300 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 $58,828 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, $54,011 remains.
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 45 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 $63,510. 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 ($47,650 to $72,300) 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 $58,828 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 $54,011 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.