Amusement and Recreation Attendants in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$19,269
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$2,771
12.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$21,825
Oklahoma costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oklahoma — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$22,040
Kept after tax
$19,269
Worth in national money
$21,825
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $22,040, ranking 51 of 51 states — about 31.45% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Oklahoma, this one sits low: 491 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $22,040 you keep $19,269, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $21,825 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $24,960, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma ranks 51 of 51 for amusement and recreation attendants, with a median of $22,040 — about 31.45% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Amusement and recreation attendants occupies position 491 of 492 in Oklahoma's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for amusement and recreation attendants on $22,040 is $19,269. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $21,825 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $24,960 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $22,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $32,560 |
| This salary | $22,040 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Oklahoma | $19,269 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $19,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,491 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $21,443 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,759 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $22,040 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $17,670 and the ninetieth is $32,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $19,269 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $22,040. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 491 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $21,825, the adjusted value of that $22,040 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 491 of 492 in the state.
- The Oklahoma median of $22,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $17,670 to $32,560. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $19,269, from $22,040, assumes a single Oklahoma filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 491 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 51 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $21,825 — the adjusted value of that $22,040 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 491 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $24,960, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $17,670 at the bottom tenth to $32,560 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Oklahoma sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $21,825 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oklahoma's own levy, $19,269 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oklahoma is $24,960. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($17,670 to $32,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oklahoma rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Oklahoma's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $21,825 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $19,269 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oklahoma income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.