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IT Specialist (government) in Ohio

Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS), Classification & Compensation lists 1 job class for this work in the Ohio state pay plan: Information Technology Apprentice.

$51,750
state pay plan range, a year
1
classes in the state plan
$109,780
median pay in OH, all employers
6,150
workers in OH (SOC 15-1299)

Sources: Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS), Classification & Compensation, Ohio State Classification Plan — Pay Range Booklet and Pay Range Schedules (rates effective July 2026); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Ohio state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first. These are the ranges Ohio sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Information Technology Apprentice
Class 69910
Grade 29
$24.88 a hour
$51,750 a year

Schedule: Pay Range Booklet class rates — OCSEA Pay Range Schedule. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS), Classification & Compensation, Ohio State Classification Plan — Pay Range Booklet and Pay Range Schedules (rates effective July 2026). Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Ohio, all employers Sourced

Computer Occupations, All Other (SOC 15-1299) in Ohio, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureOH
Workers6,150
10th percentile$49,320
Median$109,780
90th percentile$161,520
National median, government employers$119,250

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national IT Specialist (government) page.

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