Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,928
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,542
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,960
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
$46,470
Kept after tax
$37,928
Worth in national money
$42,960
State rank
23
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays this job around $46,470 at the midpoint, 23 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 305 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,470 the take-home is $37,928; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,960 would nationally. The average comes to $46,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic the Oklahoma median is $46,470, ranking 23 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ranks 305 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.
- Post-tax income for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma, on $46,470, is $37,928 — equivalent to $42,960 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 $46,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,530 |
| This salary | $46,470 |
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 | $37,928 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,519 |
| 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 | $44,490 |
|---|---|
| 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 $46,470. The published range is $33,330 up to $59,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $37,928, from $46,470, 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 305 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,960 uses one figure for the whole of Oklahoma. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 305.
- Reported values are medians; for multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,330 to $59,530. 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 $37,928 from $46,470. 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 305 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,960, worked from $46,470, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oklahoma address, on work sitting at 305 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,330 at the bottom tenth to $59,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,960.
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, $37,928 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,330 to $59,530) 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 $42,960 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 $37,928 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.