News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,248
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,962
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,455
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
$48,210
Kept after tax
$39,248
Worth in national money
$44,455
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays this job around $48,210 at the midpoint, 28 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 278.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,210 the take-home is $39,248; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,455 would nationally. The average comes to $60,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For news analysts, reporters, and journalists the Oklahoma median is $48,210, ranking 28 of 48 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.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, news analysts, reporters, and journalists sits at 278 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.
- Post-tax income for news analysts, reporters, and journalists in Oklahoma, on $48,210, is $39,248 — equivalent to $44,455 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 $60,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,360 |
| This salary | $48,210 |
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 | $39,248 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,917 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,349 |
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 | $46,133 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,841 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,210 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,260 and the ninetieth is $93,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,248 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $48,210. 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 278 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,455 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 278.
- The Oklahoma median of $48,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,260 to $93,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $39,248, from $48,210, 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 278 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,455, worked from $48,210, 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 278 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 $60,420, 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 $29,260 at the bottom tenth to $93,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,455 in national terms.
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, $39,248 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $60,420. 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 ($29,260) and the ninetieth ($93,360) 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 $44,455 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 $39,248 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.