Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,569
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$17,761
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,738
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
$79,330
Kept after tax
$61,569
Worth in national money
$69,738
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $79,330, ranking 1 of 45 states and sitting about 19.98% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 98 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,330 you keep $61,569, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,738 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $77,090, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oklahoma's median for industrial engineering technologists and technicians is $79,330, about 19.98% above the national figure and 1 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Oklahoma, industrial engineering technologists and technicians ranks 98 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for industrial engineering technologists and technicians on $79,330 is $61,569. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,738 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 $77,090 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,210 |
| This salary | $79,330 |
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 | $61,569 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,221 |
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 | $74,967 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,449 |
| 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 industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Oklahoma earn under $79,330 and half over. The published range runs $51,230 at the tenth percentile to $105,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,569 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $79,330. 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 98 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,738, the adjusted value of that $79,330 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 98 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,230 to $105,210; 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 $61,569, from $79,330, 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 98 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $69,738 — the adjusted value of that $79,330 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 98 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,230 at the tenth percentile, $105,210 at the ninetieth.
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 $69,738.
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, $61,569 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,230 to $105,210) 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 $69,738 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 $61,569 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.