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Ohio paycheck calculator

Estimate take-home pay with the Ohio 2026 profile, then use the guide below to understand what is modeled and what still needs local or personal verification. Account separately for Ohio municipal and school-district taxes rather than assuming the statewide estimate includes an address lookup.

A $85,000 salary in Ohio leaves an estimated $66,725 per year — about $2,566 every two weeks — after 2026 federal, FICA, and state tax for a single filer with no pre-tax contributions.

Guide reviewed August 9, 2026 · Tax sources reviewed through August 9, 2026

Where the $85,000 goes in Ohio

A single filer with no pre-tax retirement contributions, paid biweekly — the same baseline the calculator below opens on. Adjust any input there for your own figures.

Annual tax breakdown for $85,000 in Ohio
Gross salary	$85,000
Federal income tax	−$9,870
Social Security	−$5,270
Medicare	−$1,233
Ohio income tax	−$1,902
Estimated take-home	$66,725
Effective tax rate	21.5%

Ohio take-home pay at five salaries

At $85,000, Ohio ranks 12th of the 50 jurisdictions this site publishes for take-home pay: $1,418 a year more than the median jurisdiction, and $1,902 a year less than Florida, which leaves the most.

Estimated 2026 take-home pay in Ohio for a single filer at five salaries, with the state's rank at each
Salary	State tax	Take-home	Bi-weekly	Tax rate	Rank
$40,000	$651	$33,669	$1,295	15.8%	13th of 50
$60,000	$1,208	$49,182	$1,892	18%	12th of 50
$85,000	$1,902	$66,725	$2,566	21.5%	12th of 50
$120,000	$2,865	$90,385	$3,476	24.7%	12th of 50
$200,000	$5,065	$143,862	$5,533	28.1%	12th of 50

Single filer, no pre-tax contributions, paid biweekly. “State tax” is Ohio income tax plus any state payroll assessments deducted from pay; “Tax rate” is all taxes, federal included, as a share of gross. Rank 1 is the highest take-home.

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2026 Ohio paycheck guide

What this statewide profile models

State wage-tax treatment

The profile applies 2 configured statewide rate bands after modeled adjustments. It does not infer local taxes or unsupported credits.

Employee payroll items

No employee payroll assessment is configured in this statewide profile. That is a model statement, not a claim that every employer or locality has no additional deduction.

401(k) treatment

Configured pretax 401(k) contributions reduce Ohio taxable wages in this model, subject to the calculator limit and profile boundaries.

Planning focus

Account separately for Ohio municipal and school-district taxes rather than assuming the statewide estimate includes an address lookup.

Profile boundaries

These limits stay visible so a statewide estimate is not mistaken for a filed return or an address-specific withholding calculation.

Ohio state income tax is modeled two ways: an annual-liability estimate, and employer withholding per the state's own published formula.
Ohio school-district income taxes are not modelled. They are separate from any city tax and follow your school district rather than your city, so a resident of a taxing district owes one this estimate does not show.
The resident credit for municipal tax paid to another Ohio city is modelled only for the 69 largest municipalities, each verified individually. Ohio has 600+ taxing municipalities and each sets its own credit percentage and cap by ordinance under ORC 718.04(D), so a city outside that set adds no resident-city tax here rather than being assumed to grant a full credit.
Midyear employer withholding treatment may differ from this annual-liability model.
The personal-exemption amounts are the figures stated in ORC §5747.025, which the same section directs the tax commissioner to adjust annually; Ohio has not published its tax-year-2026 adjusted amounts, so these may be understated by roughly $50 per exemption.

Read the calculation methodology

Reviewed sources

Each link shows the date it was last reviewed for this profile.

Ohio Revised Code §5747.02 and §5747.025 — 2026 rate and exemption amounts
Reviewed August 9, 2026
Tax Foundation — 2026 state rates, brackets, deductions, and exemptions
Reviewed August 9, 2026

Common questions

Ohio paycheck calculator FAQs

Does Ohio have a state income tax on wages?

Yes. Ohio levies an individual income tax on wage income, and this estimate applies it. The profile applies 2 configured statewide rate bands after modeled adjustments. It does not infer local taxes or unsupported credits.

What gets taken out of a Ohio paycheck?

No employee payroll assessment is configured in this statewide profile. That is a model statement, not a claim that every employer or locality has no additional deduction. Configured pretax 401(k) contributions reduce Ohio taxable wages in this model, subject to the calculator limit and profile boundaries.

Is this Ohio paycheck calculator up to date for 2026?

The tax profile is labeled Official 2026 and partial model; its source classification is official 2026 source. Current boundary to review: Ohio school-district income taxes are not modelled. They are separate from any city tax and follow your school district rather than your city, so a resident of a taxing district owes one this estimate does not show.

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