Marriage and Family Therapists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,423
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$11,247
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,583
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
$57,670
Kept after tax
$46,423
Worth in national money
$52,583
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays marriage and family therapists a middle wage of $57,670, 31 of 45 states and about 13.85% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 208 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $57,670 you keep $46,423, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,583 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $60,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma's $57,670 median for marriage and family therapists places it 31 of 45 states, about 13.85% 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.
- Marriage and family therapists ranks 208 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for marriage and family therapists on $57,670 is $46,423. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,583 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 $60,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,140 |
| This salary | $57,670 |
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 | $46,423 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,518 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,654 |
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 | $55,063 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,210 |
| 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 marriage and family therapists in Oklahoma earn under $57,670 and half over. The published range runs $28,540 at the tenth percentile to $94,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $46,423, worked from $57,670. 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 208 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,583, the adjusted value of that $57,670 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 208 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,540 to $94,140; 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.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $46,423, on $57,670 for work ranking 208 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 208 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $52,583 — the adjusted value of that $57,670 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 208 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 $60,130, 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 $28,540, the highest tenth $94,140, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $52,583.
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, $46,423 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $60,130. 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 ($28,540) and the ninetieth ($94,140) 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 $52,583 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 $46,423 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.