Take-home pay in Ohio by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Ohio keeps $80,803 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $77,635 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$80,803 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Ohio, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $6,710 more than as a C corporation.

Ohio, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$22,365	$77,635	78%
Single-member LLC	$22,365	$77,635	78%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$19,197	$80,803	81%
S corporation	$19,197	$80,803	81%
C corporation	$25,907	$74,093	74%

What Ohio takes from a business owner

Ohio taxes personal income in 2 brackets, from 0% to 2.75% (2026, single filer).codes.ohio.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state no yearly report feeohiosos.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) applies to Sole prop, LLC, LLC as S corp, S corp, C corptax.ohio.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Ohio can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 3%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaldam.assets.ohio.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Ohio unemployment tax at 2.7% on the first $9,000 of salary in the first yeardam.assets.ohio.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$40,268	$40,268	$39,970	$39,970	$38,456
$100,000	$77,635	$77,635	$80,803	$80,803	$74,093
$150,000	$112,393	$112,393	$117,572	$117,572	$105,663
$250,000	$183,640	$183,640	$189,539	$189,539	$170,214
$500,000	$322,632	$322,632	$350,566	$350,566	$324,979

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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