Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,042
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$24,748
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,999
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
$99,790
Kept after tax
$75,042
Worth in national money
$84,999
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $99,790, ranking 43 of 48 states — about 8.68% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 44 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,790 you keep $75,042, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,999 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $98,660, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oklahoma ranks 43 of 48 for engineering teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $99,790 — about 8.68% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Oklahoma, engineering teachers, postsecondary ranks 44 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for engineering teachers, postsecondary on $99,790 is $75,042. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,999 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 $98,660 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,890 |
| This salary | $99,790 |
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 | $75,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,032 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,669 |
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 | $94,118 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,068 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $99,790. The published range is $62,090 up to $135,890, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $75,042, from $99,790, 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 44 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $84,999, the adjusted value of that $99,790 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 44 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,090 to $135,890. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,042 from $99,790. 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 44 of 492 locally.
- This $84,999 adjusted figure, worked from $99,790, 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 44 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 44 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $62,090, the highest tenth $135,890, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $84,999.
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 $75,042 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,090) and the ninetieth ($135,890) 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 $84,999 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 $75,042 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.