Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,186
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$27,934
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,958
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
$109,120
Kept after tax
$81,186
Worth in national money
$91,958
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $109,120. That is 35 of 50 states, and about 16.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 28 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $109,120 the take-home is $81,186; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $91,958 would nationally. The average comes to $110,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electronics engineers, except computer, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $109,120, ranking 35 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 16.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Oklahoma, electronics engineers, except computer ranks 28 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.
- Post-tax income for electronics engineers, except computer in Oklahoma, on $109,120, is $81,186 — equivalent to $91,958 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 $110,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,990 |
| This salary | $109,120 |
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 | $81,186 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,596 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,874 |
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 | $102,851 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,351 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $109,120 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,590 and the ninetieth is $136,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $81,186, from $109,120, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 28 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $91,958 uses one figure for the whole of Oklahoma. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 28.
- The Oklahoma median of $109,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,590 to $136,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,186 from $109,120. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 28 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $91,958, worked from $109,120, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oklahoma address, on work sitting at 28 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $75,590 at the bottom tenth to $136,990 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 $91,958 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $81,186 remains.
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 ($75,590 to $136,990) 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 $91,958 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 $81,186 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.