Correctional Officers and Jailers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,336
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,354
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,290
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
$45,690
Kept after tax
$37,336
Worth in national money
$42,290
State rank
44
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $45,690, 44 of 49 states and about 22.48% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 322 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,690 the take-home is $37,336; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,290 would nationally. The average lands at $45,380, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma's $45,690 median for correctional officers and jailers places it 44 of 49 states, about 22.48% 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 322 of 492 in Oklahoma places correctional officers and jailers 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 correctional officers and jailers in Oklahoma, on $45,690, is $37,336 — equivalent to $42,290 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 $45,380 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Correctional Officers and Jailers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,380 |
| This salary | $45,690 |
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 | $37,336 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,268 |
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 | $43,754 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,743 |
| 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 $45,690. The published range is $34,530 up to $58,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,336 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $45,690. 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 322 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,290, the adjusted value of that $45,690 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 322 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for correctional officers and jailers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,530 to $58,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,336, from $45,690, 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 322 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $42,290 — the adjusted value of that $45,690 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 322 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,530 at the bottom tenth to $58,380 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,290.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oklahoma's own levy, $37,336 remains.
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 ($34,530 to $58,380) 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 $42,290 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 $37,336 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.