Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,590
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$18,290
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,895
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
$80,880
Kept after tax
$62,590
Worth in national money
$70,895
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oklahoma is 20 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $80,880. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 89 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $80,880 you keep $62,590 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,895 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $81,880, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma ranks 20 of 51 for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians at $80,880. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Oklahoma, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 89 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $62,590 after the full tax stack, from $80,880. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,895 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $81,880 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $112,260 |
| This salary | $80,880 |
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 | $62,590 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,729 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,255 |
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 | $76,418 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,496 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,880 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,010 and the ninetieth is $112,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $62,590 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $80,880. 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 89 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,895, the adjusted value of that $80,880 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 89 of 492 in the state.
- The Oklahoma median of $80,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,010 to $112,260. 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 $62,590, from $80,880, 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 89 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $70,895 — the adjusted value of that $80,880 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 89 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,010, the highest tenth $112,260, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $70,895 in national terms.
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, $62,590 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,010) and the ninetieth ($112,260) 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 $70,895 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 $62,590 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.