Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$22,554
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$3,706
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,546
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
$26,260
Kept after tax
$22,554
Worth in national money
$25,546
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $26,260. That is 44 of 48 states, and about 29.18% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 485. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $26,260 you keep $22,554, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $25,546 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $23,950, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $26,260, ranking 44 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 29.18%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Oklahoma, this work ranks 485 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for baggage porters and bellhops on $26,260 is $22,554. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $25,546 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 $23,950 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $16,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $28,050 |
| This salary | $26,260 |
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 | $22,554 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,235 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,636 |
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 | $25,433 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,930 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $26,260 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $16,590 and the ninetieth is $28,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $22,554, from $26,260, 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 485 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 $25,546 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 485.
- The Oklahoma median of $26,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $16,590 to $28,050. 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 $22,554 from $26,260. 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 485 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $25,546, worked from $26,260, 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 485 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 $23,950 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $16,590 at the tenth percentile, $28,050 at the ninetieth.
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 $25,546 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $22,554 of this wage survives to your account.
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 48 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 $23,950. 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 ($16,590 to $28,050) 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 $25,546 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 $22,554 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.