Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,359
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$12,181
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,908
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
$61,540
Kept after tax
$49,359
Worth in national money
$55,908
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $61,540, 45 of 51 states and about 4.62% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 175 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,540 the take-home is $49,359; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,908 would nationally. The average comes to $65,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma's $61,540 median for industrial machinery mechanics places it 45 of 51 states, about 4.62% 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.
- Industrial machinery mechanics ranks 175 of 492 occupations in Oklahoma by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for industrial machinery mechanics in Oklahoma, on $61,540, is $49,359 — equivalent to $55,908 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 $65,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,700 |
| This salary | $61,540 |
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 | $49,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,627 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,779 |
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 | $58,716 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,361 |
| 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 machinery mechanics in Oklahoma earn under $61,540 and half over. The published range runs $46,210 at the tenth percentile to $90,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $49,359, worked from $61,540. 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 175 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,908 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 175.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial machinery mechanics in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,210 to $90,700; 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.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $49,359, on $61,540 for work ranking 175 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 175 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,908, worked from $61,540, 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 175 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,480, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,210, the highest tenth $90,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $55,908.
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 $49,359.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $65,480. 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 ($46,210) and the ninetieth ($90,700) 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 $55,908 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 $49,359 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.