Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,019
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$6,661
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,268
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
$38,680
Kept after tax
$32,019
Worth in national money
$36,268
State rank
47
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays locksmiths and safe repairers a middle wage of $38,680, 47 of 48 states and about 24.63% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oklahoma this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 385. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,680 you keep $32,019 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,268 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $43,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma's $38,680 median for locksmiths and safe repairers places it 47 of 48 states, about 24.63% 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.
- Against every occupation Oklahoma reports, locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 385 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $32,019 after the full tax stack, from $38,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,268 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $43,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,600 |
| This salary | $38,680 |
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 | $32,019 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,259 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,041 |
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 | $37,137 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,469 |
| 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 $38,680. The published range is $27,740 up to $62,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $32,019, from $38,680, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 385 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,268, the adjusted value of that $38,680 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 385 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for locksmiths and safe repairers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,740 to $62,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,019 from $38,680. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 385 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $36,268 — the adjusted value of that $38,680 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 385 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $43,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $27,740, the highest tenth $62,600, 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 $36,268 in national terms.
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 $32,019.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $43,340. 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 ($27,740) and the ninetieth ($62,600) 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 $36,268 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 $32,019 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.