Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,920
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,540
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,952
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
$46,460
Kept after tax
$37,920
Worth in national money
$42,952
State rank
23
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oklahoma is 23 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,460. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 307 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,460 you keep $37,920 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,952 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $44,220.
- Oklahoma ranks 23 of 48 for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic at $46,460. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ranks 307 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $37,920 after the full tax stack, from $46,460. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,952 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,220 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,410 |
| This salary | $46,460 |
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 | $37,920 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,511 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,293 |
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 | $44,481 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,773 |
| 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 $46,460. The published range is $30,850 up to $55,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $37,920, from $46,460, 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 307 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,952, the adjusted value of that $46,460 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 307 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,850 to $55,410. 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 $37,920 from $46,460. 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 307 of 492 locally.
- This $42,952 adjusted figure, worked from $46,460, 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 307 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 307 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 $44,220, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,850 at the tenth percentile, $55,410 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Oklahoma sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,952 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,920 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $44,220. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,850 to $55,410) 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 $42,952 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 $37,920 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.