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Title: Onboarding Designer hourly rate in Ohio, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Onboarding Designer pay in Ohio: median wage $36 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $60. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

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

# Onboarding Designer hourly rate in Ohio

The market median wage for an Onboarding Designer in Ohio is **$36.19 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$60 an hour** on Deftridge, -8% against the United States rate.

**$60/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$36.19/hr** median wage

**$29-47** middle half of wages

**$1,300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Onboarding Designer 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 | $21.76 | $470 | $45,300 |
| 25th | $28.62 | $620 | $59,500 |
| Median | $36.19 | $780 | $75,300 |
| 75th | $47.25 | $1,020 | $98,300 |
| 90th | $59.39 | $1,290 | $123,500 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 16,670 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Ohio in numbers

What sets Ohio apart for an Onboarding Designer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-7%** median wage against the United States median of $38.92

- **43rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **16,670** people employed in the role in this place

- **$39.41** median wage in the Cleveland metro area, the highest here

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

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Onboarding Designer 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $60 | $1,300 |
| Manager | $70 | $1,520 |

- One-off task **$60**

- Task bundle **$55**

## Onboarding Designer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Onboarding Designer, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Ohio ranks **43 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $51.64 | $85 |
| Wyoming | $51.02 | $85 |
| California | $50.29 | $85 |
| North Carolina | $36.86 | $60 |
| Michigan | $36.82 | $60 |
| Montana | $36.62 | $60 |
| Ohio | $36.19 | $60 |
| Utah | $35.99 | $60 |
| Kentucky | $35.86 | $60 |
| Missouri | $35.60 | $60 |

## Metro areas in Ohio

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

- [Cleveland $39.41/hr median wage · range $29-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Cincinnati $39.14/hr median wage · range $29-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Columbus $39.07/hr median wage · range $30-50](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Dayton $36.24/hr median wage · range $26-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Akron $35.67/hr median wage · range $32-45](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Springfield $34.78/hr median wage · range $21-47](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Toledo $34.60/hr median wage · range $26-45](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Lima $33.40/hr median wage · range $21-44](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Mansfield $32.30/hr median wage · range $24-44](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/ohio/)

- [Canton $32.23/hr median wage · range $23-44](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/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.

[Onboarding Designer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/) · [Onboarding Designer jobs in Ohio](https://deftridge.com/jobs/onboarding-designer/ohio/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
