Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,034
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$16,446
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,867
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
$75,480
Kept after tax
$59,034
Worth in national money
$66,867
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $75,480, ranking 26 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Oklahoma reports, this job comes in at 114 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,480 you keep $59,034, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $66,867 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $75,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma occupies the middle band for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment: a median of $75,480, ranking 26 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment ranks 114 of 492 occupations by median in Oklahoma, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment on $75,480 is $59,034. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $66,867 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 $75,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,490 |
| This salary | $75,480 |
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 | $59,034 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,930 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,136 |
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 | $71,363 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,332 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Oklahoma earn under $75,480 and half over. The published range runs $56,510 at the tenth percentile to $97,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,034 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $75,480. 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 114 of 492.
- Two cautions on $66,867, the adjusted value of that $75,480 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 114 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,510 to $97,490; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $59,034, from $75,480, 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 114 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 50 for it.
- This $66,867 adjusted figure, worked from $75,480, 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 114 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 114 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $56,510 at the bottom tenth to $97,490 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $66,867 in national terms.
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 $59,034.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($56,510 to $97,490) 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 $66,867 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 $59,034 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.