Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Ohio scores 92.8 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $69,581 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Ohio (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 92.8 | 35th of 51 |
| Rents | 73.0 | 38th of 51 |
| Goods | 93.7 | — |
| Other services | 98.9 | — |
Home electricity averaged 15.99 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $3.86 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 5,550,180 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Ohio, the median pay is $49,380 a year, or $23.74 an hour; that ranks 27th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $29,210 and one in ten more than $106,800.
Ohio taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 2.75%. The brackets in Ohio. A single filer on the median $49,380, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $41,215 a year, or $1,585 every two weeks, after $3,746 of federal income tax, $3,778 of Social Security and Medicare and $642 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Ohio.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 163,560 | $28,430 |
| General and Operations Managers | 153,160 | $97,700 |
| Registered Nurses | 143,730 | $82,510 |
| Retail Salespersons | 137,370 | $30,800 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 129,760 | $37,130 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are general and operations managers ($97,700), registered nurses ($82,510), accountants and auditors ($79,320). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 88 Ohio counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $219,608, and across the 51 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,299 a month. A typical home costs 2.66 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $1,785 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $76,519 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 70.5% of Ohio's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +4.2% over the past year and +29.1% over five years, and rents +4.5% over the past year.
The most expensive Ohio counties are Delaware County ($519,772), Union County ($413,120) and Warren County ($412,775); the least expensive are Meigs County ($112,642), Jefferson County ($129,147) and Belmont County ($136,165).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Ohio county, that comes to $42,165 a year for one adult and $96,240 for two adults and two children, of which $17,898 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $81,943.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $11,130 | $928 |
| Food | $11,499 | $958 |
| Transportation | $19,143 | $1,595 |
| Healthcare | $17,145 | $1,429 |
| Childcare | $17,898 | $1,492 |
| Other necessities | $7,017 | $585 |
| Taxes | $11,927 | $994 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 279 colleges in Ohio, 105 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $17,526 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $41,273. Compare degrees and schools.
| Adams County | $190,853 | +2.3% | — | $65,452 | $90,020 |
| Allen County | $194,196 | +6.8% | $1,190 | $80,766 | $92,031 |
| Ashland County | $247,156 | +5.4% | $920 | $81,955 | $92,405 |
| Ashtabula County | $184,924 | +6.7% | $898 | $69,960 | $96,112 |
| Athens County | $190,481 | +4.1% | $1,141 | $82,794 | $105,018 |
| Auglaize County | $243,860 | +6.1% | $1,075 | $94,728 | $96,874 |
| Belmont County | $136,165 | +2.8% | $926 | $75,342 | $102,169 |
| Brown County | $260,177 | +2.7% | — | $81,930 | $90,923 |
| Butler County | $318,289 | +3.2% | $1,554 | $101,612 | $109,871 |
| Carroll County | $207,715 | +8.3% | — | $74,354 | $95,615 |
| Champaign County | $256,059 | +6.2% | $1,074 | $86,608 | $92,274 |
| Clark County | $202,843 | +4.0% | $1,202 | $76,742 | $95,372 |
| Clermont County | $332,425 | +2.7% | $1,555 | $104,840 | $108,905 |
| Clinton County | $258,934 | +4.1% | — | $83,095 | $93,491 |
| Columbiana County | $164,310 | +3.5% | $868 | $78,065 | $91,147 |
| Coshocton County | $190,381 | +6.8% | — | $69,397 | $94,547 |
| Crawford County | $164,878 | +5.5% | $888 | $68,186 | $93,895 |
| Cuyahoga County | $223,376 | +3.5% | $1,466 | $86,863 | $105,781 |
| Darke County | $222,245 | +8.7% | — | $81,315 | $90,783 |
| Defiance County | $188,543 | +4.2% | — | $87,330 | $96,518 |
| Delaware County | $519,772 | +0.6% | $1,606 | $153,705 | $122,925 |
| Erie County | $242,265 | +2.6% | $1,869 | $88,372 | $97,061 |
| Fairfield County | $367,546 | +1.9% | $1,819 | $104,261 | $111,587 |
| Fayette County | $242,352 | +2.5% | — | $73,953 | $94,017 |
| Franklin County | $298,682 | +0.1% | $1,501 | $95,135 | $111,833 |
| Fulton County | $233,805 | +2.2% | — | $87,100 | $92,757 |
| Gallia County | $174,359 | +8.0% | — | $69,918 | $92,913 |
| Geauga County | $389,874 | +4.8% | $2,115 | $120,713 | $112,330 |
| Greene County | $305,685 | +3.3% | $1,667 | $112,813 | $106,316 |
| Guernsey County | $169,169 | +3.5% | — | $69,396 | $96,741 |
| Hamilton County | $271,991 | +1.1% | $1,499 | $97,939 | $105,047 |
| Hancock County | $243,652 | +3.1% | $1,345 | $90,487 | $100,552 |
| Hardin County | $192,368 | +5.4% | — | $78,773 | $94,295 |
| Harrison County | $145,883 | +3.0% | — | $72,083 | $94,402 |
| Henry County | $217,311 | +5.5% | — | $89,802 | $91,580 |
| Highland County | $206,697 | +5.1% | $1,075 | $72,463 | $90,227 |
| Hocking County | $285,486 | +4.9% | — | $75,250 | $91,171 |
| Holmes County | $371,416 | +6.7% | — | $89,341 | $101,631 |
| Huron County | $199,799 | +5.6% | $1,701 | $80,611 | $94,935 |
| Jackson County | $148,395 | −1.7% | — | $71,051 | $91,383 |
| Jefferson County | $129,147 | +2.6% | $766 | $72,474 | $102,356 |
| Knox County | $291,788 | +5.2% | $1,385 | $87,578 | $103,131 |
| Lake County | $252,879 | +3.3% | $1,378 | $100,910 | $112,301 |
| Lawrence County | $149,398 | +3.0% | — | $66,974 | $93,040 |
| Licking County | $345,265 | +3.8% | $1,934 | $100,512 | $102,035 |
| Logan County | $258,368 | +3.8% | $1,168 | $85,066 | $97,841 |
| Lorain County | $266,024 | +4.8% | $1,423 | $93,272 | $104,068 |
| Lucas County | $178,884 | +4.8% | $1,200 | $81,329 | $101,555 |
| Madison County | $320,727 | +1.6% | $2,016 | $101,852 | $100,853 |
| Mahoning County | $178,426 | +6.6% | $1,113 | $75,015 | $93,514 |
| Marion County | $183,366 | +5.8% | — | $73,424 | $100,238 |
| Medina County | $353,044 | +4.0% | $1,830 | $112,978 | $113,024 |
| Meigs County | $112,642 | +5.4% | — | $60,552 | $97,944 |
| Mercer County | $278,150 | +6.0% | — | $100,194 | $92,769 |
| Miami County | $273,072 | +2.9% | $1,451 | $95,196 | $92,817 |
| Monroe County | $156,077 | +7.5% | — | $69,411 | $99,652 |
| Montgomery County | $204,465 | +3.4% | $1,299 | $84,813 | $101,049 |
| Morgan County | $166,229 | +6.3% | — | $68,028 | $94,680 |
| Morrow County | $285,679 | +4.0% | — | $80,111 | $109,941 |
| Muskingum County | $213,507 | +1.9% | $1,066 | $75,553 | $93,219 |
| Noble County | $193,136 | +4.8% | — | $73,924 | $96,368 |
| Ottawa County | $275,918 | +0.5% | — | $97,140 | $99,485 |
| Paulding County | $164,107 | +6.9% | — | $83,722 | $94,414 |
| Perry County | $224,040 | +0.4% | — | $75,972 | $95,560 |
| Pickaway County | $331,497 | +3.0% | $1,713 | $89,118 | $96,717 |
| Pike County | $173,126 | +3.9% | — | $66,406 | $91,092 |
| Portage County | $285,685 | +4.9% | $1,483 | $95,426 | $108,339 |
| Preble County | $238,017 | +6.4% | — | $84,439 | $93,030 |
| Putnam County | $264,005 | +8.7% | — | $99,846 | $95,261 |
| Richland County | $200,820 | +6.6% | $933 | $74,841 | $92,884 |
| Ross County | $208,904 | +3.6% | $1,148 | $80,823 | $93,279 |
| Sandusky County | $191,081 | +5.1% | — | $81,033 | $94,051 |
| Scioto County | $147,954 | +8.0% | — | $66,136 | $90,636 |
| Seneca County | $180,543 | +4.4% | $1,188 | $78,879 | $92,407 |
| Shelby County | $248,492 | +8.2% | $1,166 | $89,443 | $92,970 |
| Stark County | $221,253 | +4.3% | $1,140 | $83,609 | $97,035 |
| Summit County | $230,850 | +4.1% | $1,266 | $92,526 | $106,340 |
| Trumbull County | $173,886 | +7.9% | $1,013 | $71,943 | $99,749 |
| Tuscarawas County | $217,962 | +6.6% | $1,012 | $79,625 | $98,542 |
| Union County | $413,120 | +1.6% | $1,607 | $123,968 | $116,794 |
| Van Wert County | $188,820 | +4.4% | — | $80,237 | $90,885 |
| Vinton County | $178,510 | +5.1% | — | $73,475 | $91,600 |
| Warren County | $412,775 | +1.3% | $1,964 | $125,235 | $117,043 |
| Washington County | $189,859 | +4.3% | $1,036 | $78,309 | $96,555 |
| Wayne County | $268,696 | +4.0% | $1,309 | $85,515 | $99,156 |
| Williams County | $185,604 | +3.5% | — | $77,011 | $91,126 |
| Wood County | $247,279 | +2.0% | $1,607 | $100,028 | $98,873 |
| Wyandot County | $195,331 | +7.1% | — | $83,979 | $92,724 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Cincinnati, OH (typical rent $1,552), Columbus, OH (typical rent $1,519), Cleveland, OH (typical rent $1,476), Dayton, OH (typical rent $1,357), Akron, OH (typical rent $1,293), Toledo, OH (typical rent $1,294).
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