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Title: Business Analyst hourly rate in Ohio, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Business Analyst pay in Ohio: median wage $39 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $55. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

OH · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Business Analyst hourly rate in Ohio

The market median wage for a Business Analyst in Ohio is **$39.36 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$55 an hour** on Deftridge, -27% against the United States rate.

**$55/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$39.36/hr** median wage

**$32-54** middle half of wages

**$1,190** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Analyst wage percentiles in Ohio

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $25.04 | $540 | $52,100 |
| 25th | $31.52 | $680 | $65,600 |
| Median | $39.36 | $850 | $81,900 |
| 75th | $54.08 | $1,170 | $112,500 |
| 90th | $66.43 | $1,440 | $138,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 26,990 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Ohio in numbers

What sets Ohio apart for a Business Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-23%** median wage against the United States median of $51.32

- **48th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **26,990** people employed in the role in this place

- **$48.49** median wage in the Dayton metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Business Analyst in Ohio by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $50 | $1,080 |
| Senior | $55 | $1,190 |
| Manager | $70 | $1,520 |

- Regular role **$55**

- One-off task **$65**

- Task bundle **$60**

## Business Analyst pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Business Analyst, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Ohio ranks **48 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $65.26 | $95 |
| Massachusetts | $65.13 | $95 |
| Vermont | $60.23 | $85 |
| Maine | $41.70 | $60 |
| South Dakota | $41.42 | $60 |
| Florida | $40.50 | $60 |
| Ohio | $39.36 | $55 |
| North Dakota | $38.01 | $55 |
| Arkansas | $37.72 | $55 |
| Mississippi | $36.40 | $55 |

## Metro areas in Ohio

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Dayton $48.49/hr median wage · range $37-60](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Springfield $44.96/hr median wage · range $32-61](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Cincinnati $42.91/hr median wage · range $33-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Akron $40.04/hr median wage · range $33-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Canton $39.23/hr median wage · range $32-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Columbus $38.96/hr median wage · range $32-51](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Lima $38.95/hr median wage · range $29-51](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Cleveland $38.71/hr median wage · range $30-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Sandusky $37.90/hr median wage · range $31-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

- [Toledo $37.86/hr median wage · range $31-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/ohio/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Business Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-analyst/) · [Business Analyst jobs in Ohio](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-analyst/ohio/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
