Medical Equipment Repairers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,422
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$9,018
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,653
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
$48,440
Kept after tax
$39,422
Worth in national money
$44,653
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for medical equipment repairers. The middle earner takes $48,440, ranking 44 of 51 states — about 21.44% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment repairers ranks 275 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,440 you keep $39,422 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,653 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma ranks 44 of 51 for medical equipment repairers, with a median of $48,440 — about 21.44% 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 275 of 492 in Oklahoma places medical equipment repairers 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $39,422 after the full tax stack, from $48,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,653 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,250 |
| This salary | $48,440 |
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 | $39,422 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,102 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,356 |
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 | $46,350 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,850 |
| 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 $48,440. The published range is $33,710 up to $77,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,422 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $48,440. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 275 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,653, the adjusted value of that $48,440 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 275 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment repairers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,710 to $77,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,422, from $48,440, assumes a single Oklahoma filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 275 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $44,653 — the adjusted value of that $48,440 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 275 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $50,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $33,710 at the bottom tenth to $77,250 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,653.
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, $39,422 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $50,870. 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 ($33,710) and the ninetieth ($77,250) 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 $44,653 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 $39,422 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.