Section 124.152 | Exempt employee salary schedules.

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• Effective: September 30, 2025
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly

(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, each exempt employee shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section.

(2) Each exempt employee who holds a position in the unclassified civil service pursuant to division (A)(26) or (30) of section 124.11 of the Revised Code may be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section, as applicable.

(B)(1) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2024:

Schedule E-1

A	Pay Ranges and Step Values
		Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8
Range

1	Hourly	13.52	14.13	14.72	15.37
	Annually	28122	29390	30618	31970
2	Hourly	16.41	17.10	17.83	18.63
	Annually	34133	35568	37086	38750
3	Hourly	17.20	17.97	18.76	19.56
	Annually	35776	37378	39021	40685
4	Hourly	18.05	18.86	19.77	20.62
	Annually	37544	39229	41122	42890
5	Hourly	18.94	19.80	20.62	21.54
	Annually	39395	41184	42890	44803
6	Hourly	19.95	20.79	21.68	22.59
	Annually	41496	43243	45094	46987
7	Hourly	21.18	21.97	22.88	23.68	24.58
	Annually	44054	45698	47590	49254	51126
8	Hourly	22.40	23.39	24.40	25.50	26.70
	Annually	46592	48651	50752	53040	55536
9	Hourly	23.89	25.14	26.37	27.69	29.09
	Annually	49691	52291	54850	57595	60507
10	Hourly	25.76	27.18	28.64	30.30	31.91
	Annually	53581	56534	59571	63024	66373
11	Hourly	28.08	29.69	31.42	33.19	35.07
	Annually	58406	61755	65354	69035	72946
12	Hourly	30.96	32.71	34.46	36.36	38.38	40.48	42.13	44.11
	Annually	64397	68037	71677	75629	79830	84198	87630	91749
13	Hourly	34.14	36.00	37.97	40.02	42.27	44.55	46.38	48.56
	Annually	71011	74880	78978	83242	87922	92664	96470	101005
14	Hourly	37.53	39.67	41.80	44.07	46.56	49.15	51.19	53.58
	Annually	78062	82514	86944	91666	96845	102232	106475	111446
15	Hourly	41.23	43.55	46.01	48.54	51.23	54.04	56.26	58.91
	Annually	85758	90584	95701	100963	106558	112403	117021	122533
16	Hourly	45.45	47.99	50.62	53.47	56.40	59.63	62.08	64.98
	Annually	94536	99819	105290	111218	117312	124030	129126	135158
17	Hourly	50.09	52.85	55.81	58.88	62.19	65.66	69.27
	Annually	104187	109928	116085	122470	129355	136573	144082
18	Hourly	55.20	58.25	61.54	64.92	68.51	72.35
	Annually	114816	121160	128003	135034	142501	150488
19	Hourly	60.72	64.37	67.69	71.41	75.37	79.58
	Annually	126298	133890	140795	148533	156770	165526

Schedule E-2

Range		Minimum	Maximum
41	Hourly	16.23	54.57
	Annually	33758	113506
42	Hourly	17.89	60.25
	Annually	37211	125320
43	Hourly	19.70	66.35
	Annually	40976	138008
44	Hourly	21.73	72.49
	Annually	45198	150779
45	Hourly	24.01	79.15
	Annually	49941	164632
46	Hourly	26.43	86.50
	Annually	54974	179920
47	Hourly	29.14	94.41
	Annually	60611	196373
48	Hourly	32.14	102.98
	Annually	66851	214198
49	Hourly	35.44	111.20
	Annually	73715	231296

(2) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2025:

Schedule E-1

A	Pay Ranges and Step Values
		Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8
Range

1	Hourly	14.13	14.77	15.38	16.06
	Annually	29390	30722	31990	33405
2	Hourly	17.15	17.87	18.63	19.47
	Annually	35672	37170	38750	40498
3	Hourly	17.97	18.78	19.60	20.44
	Annually	37378	39062	40768	42515
4	Hourly	18.86	19.71	20.66	21.55
	Annually	39229	40997	42973	44824
5	Hourly	19.79	20.69	21.55	22.51
	Annually	41163	43035	44824	46821
6	Hourly	20.85	21.73	22.66	23.61
	Annually	43368	45198	47133	49109
7	Hourly	22.13	22.96	23.91	24.75	25.69
	Annually	46030	47757	49733	51480	53435
8	Hourly	23.41	24.44	25.50	26.65	27.90
	Annually	48693	50835	53040	55432	58032
9	Hourly	24.97	26.27	27.56	28.94	30.40
	Annually	51938	54642	57325	60195	63232
10	Hourly	26.92	28.40	29.93	31.66	33.35
	Annually	55994	59072	62254	65853	69368
11	Hourly	29.34	31.03	32.83	34.68	36.65
	Annually	61027	64542	68286	72134	76232
12	Hourly	32.35	34.18	36.01	38.00	40.11	42.30	44.03	46.09
	Annually	67288	71094	74901	79040	83429	87984	91582	95867
13	Hourly	35.68	37.62	39.68	41.82	44.17	46.55	48.47	50.75
	Annually	74214	78250	82534	86986	91874	96824	100818	105560
14	Hourly	39.22	41.46	43.68	46.05	48.66	51.36	53.49	55.99
	Annually	81578	86237	90854	95784	101213	106829	111259	116459
15	Hourly	43.09	45.51	48.08	50.72	53.54	56.47	58.79	61.56
	Annually	89627	94661	100006	105498	111363	117458	122283	128045
16	Hourly	47.50	50.15	52.90	55.88	58.94	62.31	64.87	67.90
	Annually	98800	104312	110032	116230	122595	129605	134930	141232
17	Hourly	52.34	55.23	58.32	61.53	64.99	68.61	72.39
	Annually	108867	114878	121306	127982	135179	142709	150571
18	Hourly	57.68	60.87	64.31	67.84	71.59	75.61
	Annually	119974	126610	133765	141107	148907	157269
19	Hourly	63.45	67.27	70.74	74.62	78.76	83.16
	Annually	131976	139922	147139	155210	163821	172973

Schedule E-2

Range		Minimum	Maximum
41	Hourly	16.23	57.03
	Annually	33758	118622
42	Hourly	17.89	62.96
	Annually	37211	130957
43	Hourly	19.70	69.34
	Annually	40976	144227
44	Hourly	21.73	75.75
	Annually	45198	157560
45	Hourly	24.01	82.71
	Annually	49941	172037
46	Hourly	26.43	90.39
	Annually	54974	188011
47	Hourly	29.14	98.66
	Annually	60611	205213
48	Hourly	32.14	107.61
	Annually	66851	223829
49	Hourly	35.44	116.20
	Annually	73715	241696

(3) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2026:

Schedule E-1

A	Pay Ranges and Step Values
		Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8
Range
1	Hourly	14.55	15.21	15.84	16.54
	Annually	30264	31637	32947	34403
2	Hourly	17.66	18.41	19.19	20.05
	Annually	36733	38293	39915	41704
3	Hourly	18.51	19.34	20.19	21.05
	Annually	38501	40227	41995	43784
4	Hourly	19.43	20.30	21.28	22.20
	Annually	40414	42224	44262	46176
5	Hourly	20.38	21.31	22.20	23.19
	Annually	42390	44325	46176	48235
6	Hourly	21.48	22.38	23.34	24.32
	Annually	44678	46550	48547	50586
7	Hourly	22.79	23.65	24.63	25.49	26.46
	Annually	47403	49192	51230	53019	55037
8	Hourly	24.11	25.17	26.27	27.45	28.74
	Annually	50149	52354	54642	57096	59779
9	Hourly	25.72	27.06	28.39	29.81	31.31
	Annually	53498	56285	59051	62005	65125
10	Hourly	27.73	29.25	30.83	32.61	34.35
	Annually	57678	60840	64126	67829	71448
11	Hourly	30.22	31.96	33.81	35.72	37.75
	Annually	62858	66477	70325	74298	78520
12	Hourly	33.32	35.21	37.09	39.14	41.31	43.57	45.35	47.47
	Annually	69306	73237	77147	81411	85925	90626	94328	98738
13	Hourly	36.75	38.75	40.87	43.07	45.50	47.95	49.92	52.27
	Annually	76440	80600	85010	89586	94640	99736	103834	108722
14	Hourly	40.40	42.70	44.99	47.43	50.12	52.90	55.09	57.67
	Annually	84032	88816	93579	98654	104250	110032	114587	119954
15	Hourly	44.38	46.88	49.52	52.24	55.15	58.16	60.55	63.41
	Annually	92310	97510	103002	108659	114712	120973	125944	131893
16	Hourly	48.93	51.65	54.49	57.56	60.71	64.18	66.82	69.94
	Annually	101774	107432	113339	119725	126277	133494	138986	145475
17	Hourly	53.91	56.89	60.07	63.38	66.94	70.67	74.56
	Annually	112133	118331	124946	131830	139235	146994	155085
18	Hourly	59.41	62.70	66.24	69.88	73.74	77.88
	Annually	123573	130416	137779	145350	153379	161990
19	Hourly	65.35	69.29	72.86	76.86	81.12	85.65
	Annually	135928	144123	151549	159869	168730	178152

Schedule E-2

Range		Minimum	Maximum
41	Hourly	16.23	58.74
	Annually	33758	122179
42	Hourly	17.89	64.85
	Annually	37211	134888
43	Hourly	19.70	71.42
	Annually	40976	148554
44	Hourly	21.73	78.02
	Annually	45198	162282
45	Hourly	24.01	85.19
	Annually	49941	177195
46	Hourly	26.43	93.10
	Annually	54974	193648
47	Hourly	29.14	101.62
	Annually	60611	211370
48	Hourly	32.14	110.84
	Annually	66851	230547
49	Hourly	35.44	119.69
	Annually	73715	248955

(C) As used in this section:

(1) "Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management whose position is included in the job classification plan established under division (A) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code but who is not considered a public employee for the purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. "Exempt employee" also includes a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general who has not been placed in an appropriate bargaining unit by the state employment relations board.

(2) "Base rate of pay" means the rate of pay established under schedule E-1 of this section, plus the supplement provided under division (E) of section 124.181 of the Revised Code, plus any supplements enacted into law that are added to schedule E-1 of this section.

(D) Notwithstanding any division of this section to the contrary, or division (E) or (G) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code with respect to requirements for step placement and advancement, no exempt employee other than a captain or equivalent officer in the state highway patrol shall be placed in step value 7 in range 17 of schedule E-1 of division (B) of this section.

Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Available Versions of this Section

• July 17, 2009 – House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
• September 29, 2015 – House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
• September 28, 2016 – House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly
• September 13, 2018 – Amended by House Bill 292 - 132nd General Assembly
• September 30, 2021 – Amended by House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
• April 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 462 - 134th General Assembly
• July 1, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly
• September 30, 2025 – Amended by House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly