Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,986
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$6,944
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,285
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
$43,930
Kept after tax
$36,986
Worth in national money
$40,285
State rank
23
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $43,930 at the midpoint, 23 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 494 occupations Ohio publishes, this job lands at 380. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,930 you keep $36,986, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,285 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $43,770, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing the Ohio median is $43,930, ranking 23 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Ohio, this work ranks 380 of 494 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing on $43,930 is $36,986. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,285 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 $43,770 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,150 |
| This salary | $43,930 |
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 | $36,986 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,478 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,717 |
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 | $43,318 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,077 |
| 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Ohio earn under $43,930 and half over. The published range runs $35,010 at the tenth percentile to $53,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $36,986, worked from $43,930. 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 380 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,285, the adjusted value of that $43,930 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 380 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,010 to $53,150; 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.
- The Ohio take-home of $36,986, on $43,930 for work ranking 380 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 380 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $40,285 — the adjusted value of that $43,930 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 380 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,010 at the tenth percentile, $53,150 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 $40,285.
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 $36,986 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,010 to $53,150) 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 $40,285 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 $36,986 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.