Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,810
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$11,370
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,021
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
$58,180
Kept after tax
$46,810
Worth in national money
$53,021
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,180, ranking 43 of 51 states — about 14.78% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 205 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,180 you keep $46,810 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,021 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,740.
- Oklahoma ranks 43 of 51 for librarians and media collections specialists, with a median of $58,180 — about 14.78% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Librarians and media collections specialists ranks 205 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $46,810 after the full tax stack, from $58,180. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,021 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,740 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,650 |
| This salary | $58,180 |
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 | $46,810 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,928 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,671 |
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 | $55,545 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,230 |
| 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 $58,180. The published range is $32,350 up to $82,650, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $46,810, worked from $58,180. 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 205 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,021, the adjusted value of that $58,180 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 205 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for librarians and media collections specialists in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,350 to $82,650. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $46,810, on $58,180 for work ranking 205 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 205 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $53,021 — the adjusted value of that $58,180 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 205 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,350, the highest tenth $82,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $53,021 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 $46,810 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,350) and the ninetieth ($82,650) 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 $53,021 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 $46,810 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.