Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,673
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$16,777
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,590
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
$76,450
Kept after tax
$59,673
Worth in national money
$67,590
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $76,450, ranking 47 of 50 states — about 28.76% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 109 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,450 the take-home is $59,673; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,590 would nationally. The average comes to $101,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma ranks 47 of 50 for health specialties teachers, postsecondary, with a median of $76,450 — about 28.76% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, health specialties teachers, postsecondary sits 109 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma, on $76,450, is $59,673 — equivalent to $67,590 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 $101,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,890 |
| This salary | $76,450 |
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 | $59,673 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,613 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,158 |
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 | $72,271 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,362 |
| 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma earn under $76,450 and half over. The published range runs $38,300 at the tenth percentile to $221,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $59,673, from $76,450, 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 109 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,590 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 109.
- Figures are distribution medians for health specialties teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,300 to $221,890; 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.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,673 from $76,450. 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 109 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,590, worked from $76,450, 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 109 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 $101,650 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,300 and the top tenth $221,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,590.
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, $59,673 remains.
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 $101,650. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,300) and the ninetieth ($221,890) 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 $67,590 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 $59,673 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.