Clergy in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,515
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$11,595
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,820
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
$59,110
Kept after tax
$47,515
Worth in national money
$53,820
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oklahoma is 32 of 50 states for clergy, with a middle wage of $59,110. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 197.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $59,110 you keep $47,515, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,820 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $60,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma ranks 32 of 50 for clergy at $59,110. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, clergy sits at 197 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for clergy on $59,110 is $47,515. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,820 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 $60,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Clergy
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,860 |
| This salary | $59,110 |
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 | $47,515 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,701 |
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 | $56,422 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,266 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $59,110. The published range is $40,150 up to $79,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,515 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $59,110. 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 197 of 492.
- Two cautions on $53,820, the adjusted value of that $59,110 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 197 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for clergy in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,150 to $79,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,515, from $59,110, 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 197 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- This $53,820 adjusted figure, worked from $59,110, 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 197 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 197 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,150 and the top tenth $79,860, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,820.
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 $47,515 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,150 to $79,860) 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 $53,820 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 $47,515 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.