Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,630
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$5,900
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,561
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
$35,530
Kept after tax
$29,630
Worth in national money
$33,561
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $35,530, 46 of 50 states and about 10.35% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oklahoma this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 427. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,530 the take-home is $29,630; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,561 would nationally. The average lands at $35,270, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma's $35,530 median for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers places it 46 of 50 states, about 10.35% 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.
- Against every occupation Oklahoma reports, helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ranks 427 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Oklahoma, on $35,530, is $29,630 — equivalent to $33,561 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 $35,270 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $19,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,510 |
| This salary | $35,530 |
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 | $29,630 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,728 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,940 |
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 | $34,163 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,346 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,530 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $19,460 and the ninetieth is $47,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $29,630, worked from $35,530. 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 427 of 492.
- Two cautions on $33,561, the adjusted value of that $35,530 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 427 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $35,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $19,460 to $47,510. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $29,630, on $35,530 for work ranking 427 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 427 of 492 in the state.
- This $33,561 adjusted figure, worked from $35,530, 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 427 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 427 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $19,460 at the bottom tenth to $47,510 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 $33,561.
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 $29,630 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 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($19,460) and the ninetieth ($47,510) 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 $33,561 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 $29,630 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.