Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,995
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,235
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,383
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
$45,230
Kept after tax
$37,995
Worth in national money
$41,383
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $45,230. That is 37 of 49 states, and about 2.48% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 370 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,230 you keep $37,995, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,383 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping, Ohio sits in the lower band at $45,230, ranking 37 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 2.48%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 370 of 494 in Ohio places weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 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 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping on $45,230 is $37,995. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,383 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 $47,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,050 |
| This salary | $45,230 |
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 | $37,995 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,522 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,741 |
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 | $44,574 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,106 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,230 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,750 and the ninetieth is $64,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $37,995, worked from $45,230. 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 370 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,383 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 370.
- The Ohio median of $45,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,750 to $64,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Ohio take-home of $37,995, on $45,230 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 494 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,383, worked from $45,230, 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 370 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 $47,950 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 — $31,750 at the tenth percentile, $64,050 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,383.
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 $37,995 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 $47,950. 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 ($31,750 to $64,050) 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 $41,383 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 $37,995 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.