New Accounts Clerks in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,584
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$7,796
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,306
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
$43,380
Kept after tax
$35,584
Worth in national money
$40,306
State rank
39
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for new accounts clerks is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $43,380. That is 39 of 45 states, and about 9% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 344.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,380 you keep $35,584, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,306 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $42,880, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For new accounts clerks, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $43,380, ranking 39 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 9%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, new accounts clerks sits at 344 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for new accounts clerks on $43,380 is $35,584. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,306 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 $42,880 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,290 |
| This salary | $43,380 |
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 | $35,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,036 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,193 |
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 | $41,573 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,652 |
| 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 new accounts clerks in Oklahoma earn under $43,380 and half over. The published range runs $33,110 at the tenth percentile to $50,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,584 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $43,380. 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 344 of 492.
- Two cautions on $40,306, the adjusted value of that $43,380 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 344 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for new accounts clerks in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,110 to $50,290; 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.
- Retained pay of $35,584, from $43,380, 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 344 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 45 for it.
- This $40,306 adjusted figure, worked from $43,380, 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 344 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 344 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,110 and the top tenth $50,290, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,306.
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, $35,584 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,110 to $50,290) 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 $40,306 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 $35,584 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.