Data Entry Keyers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,951
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$6,639
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,190
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
$38,590
Kept after tax
$31,951
Worth in national money
$36,190
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data entry keyers is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $38,590. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 6.65% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes, data entry keyers lands at 387. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,590 you keep $31,951, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,190 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,880, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For data entry keyers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $38,590, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 6.65%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Oklahoma, this work ranks 387 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for data entry keyers on $38,590 is $31,951. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,190 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 $39,880 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,620 |
| This salary | $38,590 |
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 | $31,951 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,187 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,039 |
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 | $37,052 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,465 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,590 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,640 and the ninetieth is $51,620 — 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 $31,951, worked from $38,590. 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 387 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,190, the adjusted value of that $38,590 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 387 of 492 in the state.
- The Oklahoma median of $38,590 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,640 to $51,620. 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 $31,951, on $38,590 for work ranking 387 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 387 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $36,190 — the adjusted value of that $38,590 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 387 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 $39,880, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,640 at the bottom tenth to $51,620 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,190 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 $31,951.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $39,880. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,640 to $51,620) 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 $36,190 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 $31,951 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.