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🦅 Ohio Income Tax Calculator
Ohio has reduced its top income tax rate to 3.75%, but many cities impose local income taxes of up to 3%.
Uses 2025 tax-year brackets
Ohio State Tax Facts (2025 tax year)
State top rate: 3.75%
Municipal income tax: 0%–3% depending on city
Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati residents pay city + state tax
3.75%
Top state rate
On top of federal income tax, Ohio residents pay up to 3.75% in state income tax. Use the calculator above to see your combined effective rate.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the income tax rate in Ohio?+
How do I calculate my take-home pay in Ohio?+
Filing Taxes in Ohio: What the Rate Table Doesn't Tell You
How filing works here
Ohio taxes income through graduated brackets topping out at 3.75% — the state has cut the top rate repeatedly over the past decade. You file the IT 1040. The state return itself is straightforward; the complexity in Ohio lives one level down, at the municipal level.
The local quirk to know
Most Ohio cities levy their own income tax, typically 1%–3%, collected through regional agencies (RITA for most suburbs, the City of Columbus's own division, Cleveland's CCA). These are true income taxes on wages — withheld by employers like the state tax — and they usually require a separate local return even when the amounts are small. On top of that, many school districts impose their own income tax. An Ohio worker's total income-tax picture is state + city + sometimes school district, and newcomers routinely discover the local layer only at filing time.
Planning note
Because local taxes apply to wages where you work (with credit for taxes paid where you live), living in a low-tax township while working in a high-tax city does not fully escape the city levy — though most cities grant a credit for taxes paid to your city of residence. If you have a choice of where to live within a metro area, the municipal rate schedule is worth comparing alongside home prices: a 1.5-percentage-point difference in city tax is material on a full salary.
Written by Alex Chen. Tax rules change — confirm current-year figures with the IRS before filing.
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