How much do Transportation Security Screeners make in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Security Screeners, the published 10th percentile is $47,530 and the 90th percentile is $70,010. The difference is $22,480, which is 35.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $49,770 to the 75th at $65,770, covers $16,000.

The mean annual wage is $60,360, which sits below the median of $63,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN median is 4.7% lower than the national median of $66,770 for Transportation Security Screeners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,740, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Ohio median of $65,870.

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Ohio, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 95.370, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Security Screeners at $66,740 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation Security Screeners. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN ranks 3rd of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH is 55 miles away, with a median of $69,720 and employment of 50. That median is 9.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,215, against $66,740 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 67 miles away, with a median of $63,130 and employment of 70. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,963, against $66,740 here.
• Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $61,110 and employment of 150. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,657, against $66,740 here.

Employment share

Transportation Security Screeners accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (270 of 1,101,030). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (50,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.