Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,409
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$11,561
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,700
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
$58,970
Kept after tax
$47,409
Worth in national money
$53,700
State rank
33
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for maintenance workers, machinery. The middle earner takes $58,970, ranking 33 of 46 states — about 3.09% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 199 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $58,970 the take-home is $47,409; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,700 would nationally. The average lands at $57,980, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma ranks 33 of 46 for maintenance workers, machinery, with a median of $58,970 — about 3.09% 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.
- Position 199 of 492 in Oklahoma places maintenance workers, machinery in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for maintenance workers, machinery in Oklahoma, on $58,970, is $47,409 — equivalent to $53,700 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 $57,980 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,530 |
| This salary | $58,970 |
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 | $47,409 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,696 |
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 | $56,290 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,261 |
| 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Oklahoma earn under $58,970 and half over. The published range runs $38,740 at the tenth percentile to $76,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $47,409, from $58,970, 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 199 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $53,700, the adjusted value of that $58,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oklahoma. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 199 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance workers, machinery in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,740 to $76,530; 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.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,409 from $58,970. 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 199 of 492 locally.
- This $53,700 adjusted figure, worked from $58,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 199 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,740 and the top tenth $76,530, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,700 in national terms.
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, $47,409 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,740 to $76,530) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oklahoma rather than a national figure.
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 $53,700 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 $47,409 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.