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5 healthcare jobs where pay in Ohio lags the U.S. median
A national template misses Registered Nurses in Ohio: local pay is about $82.5K, 15% under the national median.
Copied from a national midpoint, a Registered Nurses offer in Ohio will look rich and land short. Local pay is about $82.5K, 15% under the national median.
This Ohio cut keeps occupations at or under 0.97 times the national median. Registered Nurses is the widest of those lags.
Scroll this Ohio table to Emergency Medical Technicians and pay is still about $40.2K, 10% under the national median.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State median
- $82,510
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.85
2Psychiatric Technicians
- State median
- $39,140
- U.S. median
- $45,130
- State vs U.S.
- 0.87
3Phlebotomists
- State median
- $39,770
- U.S. median
- $45,230
- State vs U.S.
- 0.88
4Pharmacy Technicians
- State median
- $40,650
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- State vs U.S.
- 0.89
5Emergency Medical Technicians
- State median
- $40,220
- U.S. median
- $44,470
- State vs U.S.
- 0.90
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | $82,510 | $97,550 | 0.85 |
| 2 | Psychiatric Technicians | $39,140 | $45,130 | 0.87 |
| 3 | Phlebotomists | $39,770 | $45,230 | 0.88 |
| 4 | Pharmacy Technicians | $40,650 | $45,750 | 0.89 |
| 5 | Emergency Medical Technicians | $40,220 | $44,470 | 0.90 |
Takeaways
- Ohio pays Registered Nurses about $82.5K, 15% under the national median.
- The national median beside Registered Nurses in Ohio is about $97.6K.
- Emergency Medical Technicians is still lagging in Ohio, at about $40.2K.
- Every row in this Ohio cut is at or under 0.97 times the national median.
For recruiters
- Flag Registered Nurses before the other Ohio lags.
- Tell the panel why Registered Nurses lags.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Ohio OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Ohio is 25 of 31. A row links to the Ohio metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $82,510 is stated as about $82.5K. $97,550 is stated as about $97.6K. a comparison of 0.85 is stated as 15 percent. $40,220 is stated as about $40.2K. $44,470 is stated as about $44.5K. a comparison of 0.90 is stated as 10 percent.
Sources
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