Dietetic Technicians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,141
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$6,699
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,405
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
$38,840
Kept after tax
$32,141
Worth in national money
$36,405
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays dietetic technicians around $38,840 at the midpoint, 21 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 381. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,840 you keep $32,141 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,405 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $38,660.
- For dietetic technicians the Oklahoma median is $38,840, ranking 21 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Oklahoma, this work ranks 381 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $32,141 after the full tax stack, from $38,840. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,405 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $38,660 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,020 |
| This salary | $38,840 |
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 | $32,141 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,388 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,047 |
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 | $37,288 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,475 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,840 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,490 and the ninetieth is $44,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,141 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $38,840. 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 381 of 492.
- Two cautions on $36,405, the adjusted value of that $38,840 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 381 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $38,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,490 to $44,020. 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 $32,141, from $38,840, 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 381 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 45 for it.
- This $36,405 adjusted figure, worked from $38,840, 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 381 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 381 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,490 at the tenth percentile, $44,020 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,405 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oklahoma adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,141 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,490 to $44,020) 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 $36,405 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 $32,141 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.