Forest and Conservation Technicians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,586
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$10,344
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,370
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
$53,930
Kept after tax
$43,586
Worth in national money
$49,370
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays this job around $53,930 at the midpoint, 21 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 221.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $53,930 you keep $43,586 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,370 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- For forest and conservation technicians the Oklahoma median is $53,930, ranking 21 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, forest and conservation technicians sits at 221 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $43,586 after the full tax stack, from $53,930. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,370 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,400 |
| This salary | $53,930 |
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 | $43,586 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,513 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,534 |
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 | $51,533 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,064 |
| 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 $53,930. The published range is $38,880 up to $76,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $43,586 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $53,930. 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 221 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,370 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 221.
- Reported values are medians; for forest and conservation technicians in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,880 to $76,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $43,586, from $53,930, 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 221 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,370, worked from $53,930, 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 221 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 $57,650 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,880 at the tenth percentile, $76,400 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Oklahoma is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,370 in national terms.
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 $43,586 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $57,650. 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 ($38,880 to $76,400) 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 $49,370 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 $43,586 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.