Cashiers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,049
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$4,131
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,239
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
$28,180
Kept after tax
$24,049
Worth in national money
$27,239
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for cashiers is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $28,180. That is 47 of 51 states, and about 14.29% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes, cashiers lands at 471. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $28,180 the take-home is $24,049; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $27,239 would nationally. The average lands at $27,980, below the middle of the range.
- For cashiers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $28,180, ranking 47 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 14.29%. 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 471 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.
- Post-tax income for cashiers in Oklahoma, on $28,180, is $24,049 — equivalent to $27,239 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 $27,980 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $35,050 |
| This salary | $28,180 |
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 | $24,049 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,702 |
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 | $27,248 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,050 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $28,180 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,730 and the ninetieth is $35,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $24,049 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $28,180. 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 471 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,239, the adjusted value of that $28,180 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 471 of 492 in the state.
- The Oklahoma median of $28,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,730 to $35,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $24,049, from $28,180, 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 471 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $27,239 — the adjusted value of that $28,180 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 471 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $21,730 at the tenth percentile, $35,050 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Oklahoma is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $27,239 in national terms.
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, $24,049 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,730 to $35,050) 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 $27,239 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 $24,049 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.