Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,978
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$17,972
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,201
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
$79,950
Kept after tax
$61,978
Worth in national money
$70,201
State rank
40
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $79,950. That is 40 of 48 states, and about 20.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 94 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,950 you keep $61,978, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $70,201 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $97,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For clinical and counseling psychologists, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $79,950, ranking 40 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 20.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, clinical and counseling psychologists sits 94 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for clinical and counseling psychologists on $79,950 is $61,978. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $70,201 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 $97,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,790 |
| This salary | $79,950 |
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 | $61,978 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,075 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,234 |
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 | $75,547 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,468 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of clinical and counseling psychologists in Oklahoma earn under $79,950 and half over. The published range runs $62,150 at the tenth percentile to $205,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $61,978, from $79,950, 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 94 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 $70,201 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 94.
- Figures are distribution medians for clinical and counseling psychologists in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,150 to $205,790; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,978 from $79,950. 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 94 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,201, worked from $79,950, 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 94 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 $97,850 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 $62,150 and the top tenth $205,790 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $70,201 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oklahoma then takes its own share, leaving $61,978.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $97,850. 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 ($62,150) and the ninetieth ($205,790) 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 $70,201 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 $61,978 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.