Ohio · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 9,140 substitute teachers, short-term working in Ohio. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Ohio
$37,150A year, or $17.86 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $28,480 | $13.69 |
| 25th percentile | $31,920 | $15.35 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $37,150 | $17.86 |
| 75th percentile | $43,080 | $20.71 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $47,470 | $22.82 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $37,830 | $18.19 |
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A $37,150 salary in Ohio, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Ohio sit at 92.8 against a national average of 100, so $37,150 earned here buys what $40,044 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Ohio is $37,150 a year, or $17.86 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $37,150, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $31,459 a year, or roughly $2,622 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 15.3%.
Ohio takes $571 of it in state income tax.
No. The median in Ohio is 10.8% below the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Ohio sit at 92.8 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.52 times the median household income of $71,389. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Ohio run at 92.8 against a national average of 100, with rents at 73, so $37,150 here buys about what $40,044 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $47,470 a year or more, against $28,480 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Ohio someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 9,140 of these jobs in Ohio for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 51% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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