What tax do you pay in Ohio?

Tax year 2026

On a seventy-five-thousand-dollar salary, state income tax in Ohio comes to about 1.79%. Sales tax comes on top of that. State and local together add up to 7.29%.

Ohio levies an effective state income tax of 1.79% on a single filer at seventy-five thousand dollars. Combined state and local sales tax reaches 7.29% at the representative rate. ⚠️ Both figures are computed rather than quoted, and every input below carries its source and as-of date.

Income tax on $75,000

1.79%

rank 41 of 51

Combined sales tax

7.29%

rank 21 of 51

You pay no Ohio state tax on your first $26,050.00 of taxable income. After that, Ohio takes about 3 cents of every dollar 2.75%.

Ohio applies a about 0% rate to taxable income up to $26,050, then a flat about 2.75% above it, for 2026.

Ohio 2026 tax brackets
Taxable incomeRate
Up to $26,0500%
Over $26,0502.75%

Shown for Single, Married filing jointly, Head of household, Married filing separately.

Taxable income basis: the state's own definition of taxable income (ownBase).

Sales tax

Ohio's state sales tax is 5.75%. Add local taxes on top and the real number moves. It ranges from 7.29% in Statewide average up to 8% in Franklin County (Columbus).

State rate: about 5.75%. Combined with local add-ons, the range across loaded counties runs about 7.29% (Statewide average) to about 8% (Franklin County (Columbus)).

Ohio sales tax exemptions by category
CategoryTreatment
GroceriesExempt (0% of the combined rate)
Prescription drugsExempt (0% of the combined rate)
ClothingFull rate (100% of the combined rate)

Property tax

Property tax in Ohio sits in the middle of the pack. The effective rate is 1.31% of a home's value — rank 11 nationally.

Ohio carries an effective property tax rate of about 1.31% of market value, ranking 11 nationally — mid-distribution, against an unweighted mean across the fifty-one jurisdictions of about 0.94%.

A typical home here is worth $214,800.00, and the typical yearly bill is $2,822.00. Put the same $440,600.00 house here and it would cost $5,789 $5,788.60 a year to hold. That is money you pay every year you own it, not once.

Median owner-occupied home value is $214,800 with a median annual real estate tax of $2,822. Applying this state's effective rate to the site's reference price of $440,600 gives $5,789 a year — the two figures answer different questions, since the median bill blends the rate with local price levels while the reference bill isolates the jurisdiction. This is an effective rate, tax paid divided by market value, and not a nominal millage against an assessed value; the two are different quantities. A statewide ratio of medians also describes no particular address, so an individual county or property can sit well away from it.

US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates, tables B25103 (Median Real Estate Taxes Paid) and B25077 (Median Value, owner-occupied). ACS 5-year estimates covering 2020–2024, so the as-of date (2024-12-31) is the end of the estimation window rather than a measurement date. Last verified 2026-08-29.

Other costs to know about

Buying a home in Ohio means paying a real estate transfer tax. On a $440,600.00 home — the national median — that comes to about $441 $440.60.

Real estate transfer tax on a $440,600 home (NAR's June 2026 national median): $441 $440.60.

Source: Ohio Rev. Code §322.02 — 0.1% mandatory state conveyance fee; counties may add up to 0.3% more (permissive), many do, not included, as of 2025-01-01.

Registering a car in Ohio adds fees. Expect about $391.00 in dealer paperwork and about $35 $34.50 to register it.

Vehicle fees: dealer doc fee $391.00, registration $35 $34.50.

Statutory fee amounts, not the full cost of ownership — see the calculator above for insurance, maintenance and fuel.

Stay in a hotel in Ohio and the state adds about 5.75% to the room rate. Cities and counties add their own on top, and that part is often the bigger one.

State-level lodging tax: about 5.75%, combining the state lodging levy, sales tax where it reaches rooms, and any statewide assessment.

The state's own share only. Local occupancy taxes are set by cities and counties and are excluded here.

Every phone line in Ohio carries a $0.60 monthly charge for emergency services. It is a flat amount per line, so it costs a family with several phones more than the rate on the bill suggests.

State emergency-services surcharge: $0.60 per line per month, levied as a fixed charge rather than as a share of the bill.

Counties may levy their own emergency-services charge on top, and wireless bills carry further federal and state surcharges.

Leasing a car in Ohio is taxed up front on the whole value of the car, not month by month. That lands as a large bill at signing rather than a little each month.

Vehicle leases are taxed up front on the full value rather than on the payment stream, so the liability crystallises at inception.

Local rates apply on top of the state rate.

Ohio also has local (city or county) income taxes in some places.

Local income tax coverage: complete.

All 679 Ohio municipalities that levy an income tax are included, generated from the Ohio Department of Taxation's own rate file.

At a $75,000 salary, Ohio's state income tax works out to an effective rate of about 1.79% — roughly $1,350 a year — which is lower than most states' effective income tax rates (41st of 51) among all 51 jurisdictions we track (50 states plus DC). The combined state and local sales tax rate in Statewide average is 7.29%, close to the middle nationally (21st of 51) — on a $40,000 car purchase, that's about $2,920 in sales tax alone, on top of whatever income tax was already paid to earn the money in the first place. Ohio draws on both income and sales tax, unlike the handful of states that forgo one or the other entirely — so both layers matter when pricing out a purchase here, and neither one alone tells the whole story. Every purchase priced out on this site for Ohio uses these same verified, cited, Ohio-specific figures for both layers — never a national average quietly standing in for the real number.

What lands in your account

A $75,000 salary

Filing as
Paid
$2,317per paycheck
Take-home, year$60,246
Tax, year$14,754
Share of pay taxed19.67%

This is an average rate across all your pay — not the rate on your next dollar.

Where the money goes

A $75,000 salary

  • Federal income tax$7,670
  • Social Security and Medicare$5,738
  • State income tax$1,346
  • Yours$60,246
Federal income tax10.23%$7,670
Social Security and Medicare7.65%$5,738
State income tax1.79%$1,346
Yours80.33%$60,246

How this state ranks, at this income

A $75,000 salary

11th of 51on take-home pay
Take-home in Ohio$60,246
Rank once local prices are leveledBEA price parity11th of 51
Most take-home at this incomeSouth Dakota · $61,593
Best once prices are leveledSouth Dakota

See how Ohio taxes work

State income tax only — no city or county income tax is applied to any state here.

Property tax on a home here

A $75,000 salary

$2,822a year, before you have earned it
State effective rate1.31%
Median home in this state$214,800
Median tax actually paid$2,822
Rate rank, highest first11th of 51
Pay needed to cover it$4,175

A statewide average effective rate. Your town, county and school district set the real bill.

Explore more about pay, taxes and comparisons in Ohio

What changed in Ohio

A $75,000 salary

HB 96from 2026-01-01Moved to a flat 2.75% rate on nonbusiness income over $26,050.decrease
HB 96from 2026-01-01Repealed the school district income tax on estates.decrease
HB 96from 2026-01-01Limited the joint filing credit and personal/dependent exemptions to taxpayers with MAGI of $500,000 or less.structural
HB 96from 2026-01-01Repealed several sales and use tax exemptions (loaner car rentals, refrigerated vending machine food, advertising materials, electronic publishing property, call center telecom services).structural

Ohio against Texas

A $75,000 salary

Compare with
−$2,236a year in Texas, once local prices are leveled← OhioTexas →Take-home pay: Ohio $60,246 · Texas $61,593Take-home payWorth after local prices: Ohio $65,619 · Texas $63,383Worth after local pricesShare of pay taxed: Ohio 19.67% · Texas 17.88%Share of pay taxedState sales tax: Ohio 5.75% · Texas 6.25%State sales taxGroceries exempt here: Ohio Yes · Texas YesGroceries exempt hereClothing exempt at $100: Ohio No · Texas NoClothing exempt at $100Property tax rate: Ohio 1.31% · Texas 1.49%Property tax ratePrice level: Ohio 91.8 · Texas 97.2Price levelHousing prices: Ohio 72.1 · Texas 97.4Housing pricesFuel tax: Ohio 38.5¢ · Texas 20¢Fuel taxTobacco tax: Ohio $1.60 · Texas $1.41Tobacco tax
MeasureOhioTexas
Take-home pay$60,246$61,593
Worth after local prices$65,619$63,383
Share of pay taxed19.67%17.88%
State sales tax5.75%6.25%
Groceries exempt hereYesYes
Clothing exempt at $100NoNo
Property tax rate1.31%1.49%
Price level91.897.2
Housing prices72.197.4
Fuel tax38.5¢20¢
Tobacco tax$1.60$1.41

City income tax excluded. Sales-tax row: state-only. Exemptions: Ohio, Statewide average; Texas, Harris County (Houston). Clothing: one $100 item; higher prices can change tax.

What you would need there

A $75,000 salary

Moving to
$0$78,089
$78,089in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$73,087
Raise you would need+$3,089
Prices in Texas97 vs 92

State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.

Every state, at your income

A $75,000 salary

11thof 51 on take-homeSouth Dakota — $61,593Wyoming — $61,593Tennessee — $61,593Nevada — $61,593Texas — $61,593Alaska — $61,593Florida — $61,593New Hampshire — $61,593Washington — $61,593North Dakota — $61,389Ohio — $60,246Arizona — $60,120Louisiana — $59,729Indiana — $59,410Iowa — $59,354Pennsylvania — $59,290Arkansas — $59,276New Mexico — $59,233Rhode Island — $59,200North Carolina — $59,109Kentucky — $59,085West Virginia — $59,047Missouri — $59,005Colorado — $59,001New Jersey — $58,997South Carolina — $58,935Nebraska — $58,884Vermont — $58,753Oklahoma — $58,718Montana — $58,716Mississippi — $58,685California — $58,665Michigan — $58,656Wisconsin — $58,595Idaho — $58,471Georgia — $58,449Maryland — $58,394Alabama — $58,391Utah — $58,255Connecticut — $58,218District of Columbia — $58,164Massachusetts — $58,163New York — $58,140Virginia — $58,041Illinois — $58,025Minnesota — $58,016Delaware — $57,874Maine — $57,850Kansas — $57,696Hawaii — $57,336Oregon — $55,580Ohio · $60,246lowest $55,580highest $61,593
Best to worst$6,012
Behind the best$1,346
Best at this incomeSouth Dakota

State income tax only. Each dot is one state's take-home on this salary.

The three taxes you meet

A $75,000 salary

Income tax — 19.67%Sales tax — $1,039Property tax — $3,941
  • Income tax19.67%
  • Sales tax$1,039
  • Property tax$3,941
Income tax paid19.67%
Sales tax, on that spending$1,039
Property tax, on that home$3,941

Three different bases, so never summed. Assumes 30% of take-home spent taxably, on a $300,000 home.

Property tax, against the country

A $75,000 salary

1.31%
11thof 51, highest first
Lowest in the country0.27%
Highest2.11%

A statewide average effective rate. Your town and school district set the real bill.

When you start earning for yourself

A $75,000 salary

March 13the day your pay starts being yoursJFMAMJJASONDfor the tax collectorfor you
  • To income tax · 72 days
  • Yours · 293 days
Share of pay taxed19.67%

Your income tax, restated as time. Not the national figure, which counts every other tax too.

What no income tax costs instead

A $75,000 salary

left · incomeleft · salesleft · propertyright · incomeright · salesright · property
  • Income
  • Sales
  • Property
−$2,683a year in the average no-income-tax state
Income tax saved$1,346
Sales and property added$0
States with none9

Against the average of the states with no income tax. Stated assumptions: 30% spent taxably, a $300,000 home.

Price something out in Ohio

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Annual income≈ $36/hr
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You must earn1.59× sticker
$794

to cover an air conditioner

If invested for 8 years+$385 growth
$922

$536 invested upfront, assuming 7% a year. Includes your starting money and its growth. An illustration, not a forecast; investment growth is separate from the purchase cost above.

Sticker
$500
Markup
59%
Your time
22 hrs
2.8 work days
Total to earn$794select a band
  • Income tax (federal, FICA, state)32%$257
  • Sales tax5%$36
  • Air conditioner63%$500
  • Income tax (federal, FICA, state)
  • Sales tax
  • Air conditioner

Data for nerds — sources, confidence and assumptions

Data for nerdssources, confidence, assumptions

Where each number comes from

ComponentAmountConfidence
Item price$500.00Your figureHigh confidence. You supplied this, so it is exact by definition.
Sales tax$36.45JurisdictionalMedium confidence. The right jurisdiction, but special districts within it can vary — bounded, and we know the range.
Income tax to earn it$257.11StatutoryHigh confidence. This number is the law — federal, FICA and state tax rates are published rates, so the only real risk is staleness.

Jurisdiction applied

  • State: OH
  • Sales tax county: Statewide average
  • Local income tax: none selected

Assumptions

  • We use the normal sales tax rate.
  • The electricity to run it is left out. Over the life of the unit that usually costs more than the unit did.
  • Sales tax applies at the standard rate.
  • Electricity to run it is excluded and typically exceeds the purchase price over the unit's life.

Sources

Your position in the tax system

32.4% on the next dollar

Every extra dollar you earn is taxed at your marginal rate, not your average one — which is why a purchase costs more to fund than a paycheck stub suggests.

Federal22%
FICA7.65%
OH2.75%
Combined32.4%
Next bracket at
$121,800
$46,800 away
This purchase
32.4%
average rate paid to fund it
Tax to earn it
$257
on top of the price

Marginal rates are read in gross-income terms: below the standard deduction an extra dollar of pay adds nothing to taxable income, so the true rate there is 0%, not the lowest bracket's. Excludes pre-tax deductions (401(k), HSA), which would lower all three.

Same purchase, different state

OH is #15 of 51

The purchase inputs and income stay the same. Your row uses your calculator settings; other states use example counties and omit local income tax. Spread across all 51: $173, from New Hampshire to California.

  • $711
  • Ohioyou$794
  • $884

Choose a state name to compare against somewhere else.

Where every dollar goes

32% never reaches you

The $793.56 you must earn, followed to where it lands. Select a band to isolate it.

  • Federal income tax$174.58
  • FICA (Social Security + Medicare)$60.71
  • OH income tax$21.82
  • Air conditioner$500.00
  • Sales tax$36.45
To tax $257.11To the purchase $536.45

Each tax layer is the extra tax this purchase causes — that layer's tax at your income subtracted from its tax at your income plus the gross-up — so bracket boundaries the purchase straddles are handled correctly rather than smoothed over with an average rate.

Is a raise actually a raise?

you keep 68%

A raise arrives on top of everything you already earn, so it is taxed at your marginal rate — not the average rate on your whole salary.

Kept $6,760To tax $3,240
Take-home now
$60,246
80% of gross
Take-home after
$67,006
+$6,760 a year
Per month
$563
what actually lands

Federal, FICA, state and any local income tax — no pre-tax deductions, benefit changes, or payroll withholding quirks, all of which move the real figure. Moving into a higher bracket never taxes the income below the threshold: only the dollars above it pay the higher rate.

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Questions people ask

If I move into the next tax bracket, is all my money taxed at the higher rate?

No. Only the dollars above the line are taxed at the new rate. Everything you earned below it keeps the rate it already had. Ohio stacks 2 bands this way, and a raise moves only the top slice.

Is the top rate the rate I actually pay?

Those are two different numbers. about 2.75% is the rate on the last dollar. about 1.79% is the share of the whole that actually leaves.

Is what comes out of my paycheck the same as what I owe?

Usually not. Your employer withholds an estimate based on a form you once filled in; the return settles the real number. That difference is the refund or the bill.

Why is there a second income tax on my paycheck here?

Because a city, county or school district can levy its own on top of the state's, and in Ohio some do. It is a separate tax with its own rate and its own boundary on the map, so moving house can change it even when your job does not.

I live here but work in another state. Who taxes me?

With an agreement in place, the home state takes it. Ohio holds 5 of them. You still have to give your employer the exemption form, or the wrong state keeps withholding all year.

Why is the sales tax I pay higher than the state rate?

The state sets about 5.75%; counties, cities and special districts stack theirs above it. What you actually hand over is about 7.29%, and it moves as you cross town lines.

My property tax is a rate on a value nobody asked me about. Where does that value come from?

From an assessor, on a schedule the county sets. Your bill is that value times about 1.31%, which sits above the about 0.94% national mean — and a reassessment alone can raise it.

Does the sales tax holiday take the tax off everything?

Only for listed items, on listed dates, and usually below a price cap per item. Two things in one basket can be treated differently, and some local add-ons stay on.

Does crossing a bracket threshold apply the higher marginal rate to all income?

Marginal rates apply only to income within each bracket. Ohio operates 2 brackets for a single filer, topping out at about 2.75%; income below each threshold keeps the lower band's rate. The bracket change itself cannot reduce net income; credits and benefits follow separate rules.

How does the top marginal rate differ from the effective rate?

The statutory top marginal rate in Ohio is about 2.75%, applying only to income above the final threshold. The effective rate — total state liability divided by gross income — is about 1.79% at this project's representative income for a single filer.

Does state withholding equal actual state liability?

Withholding is a prepayment computed from the allowances declared on a withholding certificate, not a liability calculation. Actual liability is determined on the annual return; the difference is refunded or collected. Neither over- nor under-withholding changes the amount owed.

How do local income taxes interact with the state income tax?

Municipal, county or school-district income taxes in Ohio are levied independently of the state. Rates, bases and residency rules are set locally, and liability commonly follows both residence and place of work, so a boundary crossing can create two claims on the same income. Coverage in this engine is complete for every levying jurisdiction.

How does a reciprocity agreement allocate taxing rights?

Ohio maintains 5 reciprocity agreement(s). Where one applies, wages are taxable only by the state of residence, and the employee files a non-residence certificate with the employer to suspend work-state withholding. Absent that certificate, withholding continues and recovery requires a non-resident return.

What composes a combined sales tax rate?

The combined rate is the sum of the state levy and every local levy sourced to the point of sale. In Ohio the state component is about 5.75% and the representative combined rate is about 7.29%; county, municipal and special-district add-ons vary within the state, so a single statewide figure is an approximation.

How is the assessed value underlying a property tax bill determined?

Liability is assessed value × the applicable millage. Assessment methodology, cycle and any ratio or cap are set by the taxing jurisdiction, not by transaction price. Ohio's statewide effective rate is about 1.31% against a national mean of about 0.94%, so reassessment has a larger absolute effect here than the rate comparison alone suggests.

What limits apply during a sales tax holiday?

Holidays are enumerated exemptions bounded by category, date range and per-item price ceiling. Items outside the enumerated categories, or above the ceiling, remain fully taxable. Local participation is not automatic in every state: where it is optional, the state component is exempted while local components continue to apply.