Audiologists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,956
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$16,924
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,911
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
$76,880
Kept after tax
$59,956
Worth in national money
$67,911
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays audiologists a middle wage of $76,880, 48 of 49 states and about 19.73% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, audiologists ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,880 the take-home is $59,956; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,911 would nationally. The average comes to $79,200, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma's $76,880 median for audiologists places it 48 of 49 states, about 19.73% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, audiologists sits 105 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for audiologists in Oklahoma, on $76,880, is $59,956 — equivalent to $67,911 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $79,200 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,000 |
| This salary | $76,880 |
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 | $59,956 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,915 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,167 |
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 | $72,674 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,375 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,880 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,010 and the ninetieth is $105,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $59,956, from $76,880, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 105 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,911, the adjusted value of that $76,880 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oklahoma. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 105 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $76,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,010 to $105,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,956 from $76,880. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 105 of 492 locally.
- This $67,911 adjusted figure, worked from $76,880, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 105 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 105 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $79,200 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,010 and the top tenth $105,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $67,911.
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, $59,956 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $79,200. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,010) and the ninetieth ($105,000) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $67,911 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 $59,956 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.