Automotive Body and Related Repairers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,703
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$9,107
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,971
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
$48,810
Kept after tax
$39,703
Worth in national money
$44,971
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $48,810. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 11.08% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 269 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,810 you keep $39,703, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,971 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,430, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For automotive body and related repairers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $48,810, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.08%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 269 of 492 in Oklahoma places automotive body and related repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for automotive body and related repairers on $48,810 is $39,703. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,971 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 $51,430 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,180 |
| This salary | $48,810 |
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 | $39,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,399 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,368 |
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 | $46,699 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,864 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,810 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,980 and the ninetieth is $76,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $39,703, from $48,810, 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 269 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,971 uses one figure for the whole of Oklahoma. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 269.
- The Oklahoma median of $48,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,980 to $76,180. 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 $39,703 from $48,810. 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 269 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,971, worked from $48,810, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oklahoma address, on work sitting at 269 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 $51,430 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 $29,980 and the top tenth $76,180 — 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 $44,971.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oklahoma adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,703 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $51,430. 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 ($29,980) and the ninetieth ($76,180) 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 $44,971 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 $39,703 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.