Travel Agents in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,592
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,408
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,034
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
$46,000
Kept after tax
$38,592
Worth in national money
$42,034
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Ohio pays travel agents a middle wage of $46,000, 38 of 49 states and about 8.29% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Travel agents ranks 359 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,000 you keep $38,592, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,034 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $49,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio's $46,000 median for travel agents places it 38 of 49 states, about 8.29% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 359 of 494 in Ohio places travel agents 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for travel agents on $46,000 is $38,592. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,034 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 $49,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,370 |
| This salary | $46,000 |
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 | $38,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,141 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,755 |
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 | $45,317 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,123 |
| 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 $46,000. The published range is $34,580 up to $63,370, 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 $38,592, worked from $46,000. 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 359 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,034, the adjusted value of that $46,000 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 359 of 494 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for travel agents in Ohio the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,580 to $63,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Ohio take-home of $38,592, on $46,000 for work ranking 359 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 359 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $42,034 — the adjusted value of that $46,000 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 359 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 $49,980, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,580 at the tenth percentile, $63,370 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,034 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,592 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 $49,980. 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 ($34,580 to $63,370) 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 $42,034 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 $38,592 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.