Lawyers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,196
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$25,864
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,438
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
$103,060
Kept after tax
$77,196
Worth in national money
$87,438
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays lawyers a middle wage of $103,060, 45 of 51 states and about 35.45% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Oklahoma reports, lawyers comes in at 35 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $103,060 the take-home is $77,196; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $87,438 would nationally. The average comes to $122,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma's $103,060 median for lawyers places it 45 of 51 states, about 35.45% 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.
- Lawyers ranks 35 of 492 occupations by median in Oklahoma, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for lawyers in Oklahoma, on $103,060, is $77,196 — equivalent to $87,438 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 $122,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Lawyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,340 |
| This salary | $103,060 |
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 | $77,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,333 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,741 |
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 | $97,179 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,167 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $103,060. The published range is $57,950 up to $207,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $77,196 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $103,060. 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 35 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $87,438 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 35.
- Reported values are medians; for lawyers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,950 to $207,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $77,196, from $103,060, 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 35 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,438, worked from $103,060, 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 35 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 $122,750 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 $57,950 at the bottom tenth to $207,340 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Oklahoma is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $87,438 in national terms.
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 $77,196 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $122,750. 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 ($57,950) and the ninetieth ($207,340) 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 $87,438 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 $77,196 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.