Coaches and Scouts in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,900
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$7,260
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,398
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
$41,160
Kept after tax
$33,900
Worth in national money
$38,398
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays coaches and scouts a middle wage of $41,160, 42 of 49 states and about 13.02% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Coaches and scouts ranks 354 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $41,160 you keep $33,900, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,398 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $59,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma's $41,160 median for coaches and scouts places it 42 of 49 states, about 13.02% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 354 of 492 in Oklahoma places coaches and scouts 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 coaches and scouts on $41,160 is $33,900. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,398 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 $59,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Coaches and Scouts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $19,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,980 |
| This salary | $41,160 |
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 | $33,900 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,252 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,121 |
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 | $39,478 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,566 |
| 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 coaches and scouts in Oklahoma earn under $41,160 and half over. The published range runs $19,450 at the tenth percentile to $105,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $33,900, worked from $41,160. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 354 of 492.
- Two cautions on $38,398, the adjusted value of that $41,160 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 354 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for coaches and scouts in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $19,450 to $105,980; 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.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $33,900, on $41,160 for work ranking 354 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 354 of 492 in the state.
- This $38,398 adjusted figure, worked from $41,160, 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 354 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 354 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 $59,000 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 $19,450 and the top tenth $105,980 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,398 in national terms.
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 $33,900.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $59,000. 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 ($19,450) and the ninetieth ($105,980) 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 $38,398 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 $33,900 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.