Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,674
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$7,506
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,275
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
$42,180
Kept after tax
$34,674
Worth in national money
$39,275
State rank
36
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $42,180, 36 of 45 states and about 7.82% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 351 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $42,180 the take-home is $34,674; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,275 would nationally. The average comes to $42,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma's $42,180 median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 36 of 45 states, about 7.82% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 351 of 492 in Oklahoma places extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oklahoma, on $42,180, is $34,674 — equivalent to $39,275 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 $42,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,640 |
| This salary | $42,180 |
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 | $34,674 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,072 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,154 |
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 | $40,441 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,606 |
| 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 extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oklahoma earn under $42,180 and half over. The published range runs $33,150 at the tenth percentile to $57,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $34,674, worked from $42,180. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 351 of 492.
- Two cautions on $39,275, the adjusted value of that $42,180 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 351 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,150 to $57,640; 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.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $34,674, on $42,180 for work ranking 351 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 351 of 492 in the state.
- This $39,275 adjusted figure, worked from $42,180, 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 351 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 351 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,150 at the bottom tenth to $57,640 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 $39,275 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $34,674.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,150 to $57,640) 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 $39,275 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 $34,674 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.