Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,125
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$6,695
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,388
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
$38,820
Kept after tax
$32,125
Worth in national money
$36,388
State rank
45
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $38,820, ranking 45 of 46 states — about 18.65% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Oklahoma this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 383. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,820 you keep $32,125 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,388 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma ranks 45 of 46 for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, with a median of $38,820 — about 18.65% 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.
- Against every occupation Oklahoma reports, extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 383 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $32,125 after the full tax stack, from $38,820. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,388 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,680 |
| This salary | $38,820 |
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 | $32,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,372 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,046 |
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 | $37,269 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,474 |
| 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 $38,820. The published range is $35,500 up to $53,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $32,125, from $38,820, 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 383 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,388, the adjusted value of that $38,820 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 383 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,500 to $53,680. 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 $32,125 from $38,820. 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 383 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $36,388 — the adjusted value of that $38,820 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 383 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $42,220, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,500 and the top tenth $53,680, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,388.
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, $32,125 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oklahoma is $42,220. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,500 to $53,680) 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 $36,388 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 $32,125 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.