Compliance Officers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,466
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$12,534
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,162
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
$63,000
Kept after tax
$50,466
Worth in national money
$57,162
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for compliance officers is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $63,000. That is 51 of 51 states, and about 21.96% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Compliance officers ranks 160 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,000 you keep $50,466 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,162 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- For compliance officers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $63,000, ranking 51 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 21.96%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 160 of 492 in Oklahoma places compliance officers 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $50,466 after the full tax stack, from $63,000. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,162 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,360 |
| This salary | $63,000 |
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 | $50,466 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,801 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,826 |
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 | $60,095 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,418 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,000 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,340 and the ninetieth is $105,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $50,466, worked from $63,000. 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 160 of 492.
- Two cautions on $57,162, the adjusted value of that $63,000 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 160 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $63,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,340 to $105,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $50,466, on $63,000 for work ranking 160 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 160 of 492 in the state.
- This $57,162 adjusted figure, worked from $63,000, 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 160 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 160 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $70,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $42,340 and the top tenth $105,360 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $57,162.
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 $50,466.
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.
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 $70,410. 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 ($42,340) and the ninetieth ($105,360) 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 $57,162 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 $50,466 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.