Glaziers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,101
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,279
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,024
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
$45,380
Kept after tax
$37,101
Worth in national money
$42,024
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays glaziers a middle wage of $45,380, 47 of 50 states and about 20.5% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 325.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,380 you keep $37,101 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,024 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $43,750.
- Oklahoma's $45,380 median for glaziers places it 47 of 50 states, about 20.5% 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.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, glaziers sits at 325 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 $37,101 after the full tax stack, from $45,380. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,024 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $43,750 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Glaziers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,570 |
| This salary | $45,380 |
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 | $37,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,643 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,258 |
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 | $43,461 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,730 |
| 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 glaziers in Oklahoma earn under $45,380 and half over. The published range runs $30,070 at the tenth percentile to $54,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,101 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $45,380. 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 325 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,024, the adjusted value of that $45,380 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 325 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for glaziers in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,070 to $54,570; 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.
- Retained pay of $37,101, from $45,380, 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 325 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $42,024 — the adjusted value of that $45,380 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 325 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 $43,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,070 and the top tenth $54,570, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,024 in national terms.
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 $37,101.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $43,750. 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 ($30,070 to $54,570) 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 $42,024 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 $37,101 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.