Materials Engineers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,148
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$24,802
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,118
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
$99,950
Kept after tax
$75,148
Worth in national money
$85,118
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for materials engineers is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $99,950. That is 32 of 45 states, and about 11.44% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, materials engineers ranks 43 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $99,950 you keep $75,148 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,118 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $101,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- For materials engineers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $99,950, ranking 32 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 11.44%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, materials engineers sits 43 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $75,148 after the full tax stack, from $99,950. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,118 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $101,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Materials Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $150,640 |
| This salary | $99,950 |
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 | $75,148 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,145 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,673 |
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 | $94,268 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,073 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,950 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,990 and the ninetieth is $150,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $75,148, worked from $99,950. 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 43 of 492.
- Two cautions on $85,118, the adjusted value of that $99,950 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 43 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $99,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,990 to $150,640. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $75,148, on $99,950 for work ranking 43 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 43 of 492 in the state.
- This $85,118 adjusted figure, worked from $99,950, 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 43 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 43 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $54,990 and the top tenth $150,640 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $85,118 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 $75,148.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($54,990) and the ninetieth ($150,640) 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 $85,118 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 $75,148 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.