First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Oklahoma

A hard hat, safety glasses and tool belt beside timber house framing.

May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$57,427

after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax

Tax takes

$15,613

21.4% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$65,047

Oklahoma costs less than average

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

$73,040

Kept after tax

$57,427

Worth in national money

$65,047

State rank

48

of 51 states

What this pays, and what it is worth

  • The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $73,040, 48 of 51 states and about 8.61% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
  • Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Oklahoma reports, this job comes in at 123 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
  • Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $73,040 you keep $57,427, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $65,047 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $76,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
  • Oklahoma's $73,040 median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers places it 48 of 51 states, about 8.61% 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.
  • First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ranks 123 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 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers on $73,040 is $57,427. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $65,047 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 $76,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.

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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$46,400
Half earn under$73,040
Top tenth earn over$120,240
This salary$73,040

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

Compare with
+$2,786take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Oklahoma$57,427
Take-home in Texas$60,214
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity−$3,083

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

Moving to
$0$77,298
$77,298in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$69,079
Raise you would need+$4,258
Prices in Texas97 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 $73,040. The published range is $46,400 up to $120,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
  • That $57,427 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $73,040. 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 123 of 492.
  • One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,047, the adjusted value of that $73,040 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 123 of 492 in the state.
  • Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,400 to $120,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
  • Retained pay of $57,427, from $73,040, 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 123 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 51 for it.
  • Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $65,047 — the adjusted value of that $73,040 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 123 of 492 locally.

Questions people ask

Is this the average pay for the job?

Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $76,850 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.

Why is the pay range for this job so wide?

The label is broader than the work. From $46,400 at the bottom tenth to $120,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.

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 $65,047.

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 $57,427.

Can I compare this job across every state?

All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.

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 $76,850. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?

Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,400) and the ninetieth ($120,240) 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 $65,047 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 $57,427 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.

Is this occupation's state coverage complete?

State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.