Information Security Analysts in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,230
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$22,771
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,680
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
$94,000
Kept after tax
$71,230
Worth in national money
$80,680
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $94,000, 44 of 48 states and about 27.23% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 60 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $94,000 you keep $71,230, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,680 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $100,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma's $94,000 median for information security analysts places it 44 of 48 states, about 27.23% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, information security analysts sits 60 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for information security analysts on $94,000 is $71,230. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,680 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 $100,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,320 |
| This salary | $94,000 |
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 | $71,230 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,959 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,542 |
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 | $88,699 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,893 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,000 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,050 and the ninetieth is $158,320 — 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 $71,230, worked from $94,000. 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 60 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,680, the adjusted value of that $94,000 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 60 of 492 in the state.
- The Oklahoma median of $94,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,050 to $158,320. 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 $71,230, on $94,000 for work ranking 60 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 60 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $80,680 — the adjusted value of that $94,000 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 60 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 $100,810 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,050 at the bottom tenth to $158,320 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Oklahoma sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $80,680 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $71,230 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $100,810. 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 ($56,050) and the ninetieth ($158,320) 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 $80,680 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 $71,230 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.