Cost of Living, Housing & Safety

Living in Ohio

This page summarizes listed city areas in Ohio. The figures below are aggregated from unique metro/city areas, not copied from the first salary row in the CSV.

Living guide

What living in Ohio means for salary decisions

This state page is designed to connect lifestyle context with earning potential. It currently covers 1 listed cities and 23 profession pages, so users can move from broad affordability signals to specific salary pages.

Cost profile
93

Across listed cities, Ohio reads as a near-average cost market.

Typical home value
$241,251

Average of available housing values for the cities listed on this page.

Top salary listing
Chief Executives · Akron, OH

Highest nominal salary currently linked from this state page: $239,300.

Best buying-power listing
Chief Executives · Akron, OH

Cost-adjusted estimate: $256,292.

Living-cost guide

Cost of living and salary context in Ohio

This page connects broad living-cost research with specific salary pages. The current state view covers 1 cities and 23 occupation clusters, with the strongest angle being affordability. The goal is to help users move from a broad ‘should I live here?’ question into a practical salary-to-cost comparison.

Cost baseline

Average listed cost index: 93. A value near 100 approximates the national price baseline.

Housing baseline

Average listed home value: $241,251 across available city rows.

Quality-of-life signal

Average crime index: 1,715 per 100k residents. Treat this as directional, not neighborhood-level advice.

The state view is shaped by cost-of-living comparisons, competitor ranking patterns, then grounded with the available city-level data. Use the salary links below to see whether a specific career offsets local costs. A state can look affordable in aggregate while still having expensive city pockets, so city-level salary pages are the next step.

Ohio listed-area snapshot

Aggregated from 1 unique listed city areas and 23 salary pages in the current dataset.

Average cost index
93.4
Median: 93.4 · 100 = U.S. average
Median home value
$241,251
Median across listed areas
Average crime index
1715
Directional context per 100k residents
State GDP
$923,141M
BEA state-level signal
Population signal
699,508
Largest available state/area population value; repeated rows are not summed
Best buying-power listing
Akron
Chief Executives · $256,292 adjusted

Listed cities in Ohio

City-level context deduplicated by official area code or city+state fallback.

City areaCost indexMedian home valueCrime index
Akron, OH93.4$241,2511715
Salaries in Ohio
CityRoleMean salary
Akron, OHAdministrative Services Managers$112,720
Akron, OHArchitectural and Engineering Managers$161,850
Akron, OHChief Executives$239,300
Akron, OHComputer and Information Systems Managers$163,300
Akron, OHConstruction Managers$108,550
Akron, OHEducation Administrators, All Other$77,940
Akron, OHEducation Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$102,050
Akron, OHEducation Administrators, Postsecondary$117,100
Akron, OHEducation and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$56,790
Akron, OHEntertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling$62,380
Akron, OHFacilities Managers$102,830
Akron, OHFinancial Managers$156,490
Akron, OHFood Service Managers$65,730
Akron, OHFundraising Managers$113,810
Akron, OHGeneral and Operations Managers$120,450
Akron, OHHuman Resources Managers$148,560
Akron, OHIndustrial Production Managers$120,520
Akron, OHMarketing Managers$145,300
Akron, OHPublic Relations Managers$107,760
Akron, OHPurchasing Managers$149,480
Akron, OHSales Managers$145,090
Akron, OHTraining and Development Managers$131,970
Akron, OHTransportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$114,290
Data transparency

How the Ohio page is aggregated

State pages summarize listed city areas and linked occupation rows; they do not use a single first city as a state proxy.

Listed city areas 1 Deduped by area/city-state key
Occupation pages 23 Linked salary rows
BLS years 2025 Observed in state rows
Aggregation rule Listed-area median/average No first-row shortcut
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime years: latest available