 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2008 , the average annual salary for Ohioans was $ 39 @,@ 820 . The highest paid professionals in the state were concentrated in the medical fields . Anesthesiologists , with average annual income of $ 211 @,@ 060 , were the highest paid , followed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons at $ 206 @,@ 670 , surgeons at $ 206 @,@ 570 , orthodontists at $ 200 @,@ 770 , obstetricians and gynecologists at $ 186 @,@ 740 , physicians at $ 170 @,@ 730 , and dentists at $ 165 @,@ 400 . Average annual income for other selected professionals include airline pilots at $ 121 @,@ 330 , computer and information research scientists at $ 99 @,@ 730 , physicists at $ 98 @,@ 150 , chief executives at $ 159 @,@ 730 , financial managers at $ 109 @,@ 740 , aerospace engineers at $ 94 @,@ 530 , biomedical engineers at $ 72 @,@ 150 , art directors at $ 83 @,@ 110 , police officers at $ 49 @,@ 890 , chefs at $ 43 @,@ 230 , housekeepers at $ 19 @,@ 450 , construction laborers at $ 37 @,@ 600 , steel workers at $ 50 @,@ 690 , and elevator repairmen at $ 70 @,@ 270 
