Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,366
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$10,274
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,120
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
$53,640
Kept after tax
$43,366
Worth in national money
$49,120
State rank
24
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oklahoma is 24 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $53,640. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 222 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $53,640 the take-home is $43,366; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,120 would nationally. The average lands at $52,780, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma ranks 24 of 49 for community and social service specialists, all other at $53,640. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 222 of 492 in Oklahoma places community and social service specialists, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for community and social service specialists, all other in Oklahoma, on $53,640, is $43,366 — equivalent to $49,120 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 $52,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,750 |
| This salary | $53,640 |
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 | $43,366 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,280 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,524 |
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 | $51,259 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,053 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $53,640 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,650 and the ninetieth is $68,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $43,366 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $53,640. 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 222 of 492.
- Two cautions on $49,120, the adjusted value of that $53,640 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 222 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $53,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,650 to $68,750. 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 $43,366, from $53,640, 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 222 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 49 for it.
- This $49,120 adjusted figure, worked from $53,640, 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 222 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 222 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,650 at the tenth percentile, $68,750 at the ninetieth.
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 $49,120.
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 $43,366.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($37,650 to $68,750) 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 $49,120 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 $43,366 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.