Nursing Assistants in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,933
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$5,997
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,905
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
$35,930
Kept after tax
$29,933
Worth in national money
$33,905
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays nursing assistants a middle wage of $35,930, 47 of 51 states and about 14.98% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oklahoma this is lower-paid work. Of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, nursing assistants ranks 424. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,930 the take-home is $29,933; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,905 would nationally. The average lands at $35,920, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma's $35,930 median for nursing assistants places it 47 of 51 states, about 14.98% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Oklahoma reports, nursing assistants ranks 424 of 492, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for nursing assistants in Oklahoma, on $35,930, is $29,933 — equivalent to $33,905 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 $35,920 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Nursing Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,870 |
| This salary | $35,930 |
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 | $29,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,050 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,953 |
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 | $34,541 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,362 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,930 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,630 and the ninetieth is $42,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $29,933 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $35,930. 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 424 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,905 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 424.
- The Oklahoma median of $35,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,630 to $42,870. 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 $29,933, from $35,930, 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 424 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,905, worked from $35,930, 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 424 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,630 at the bottom tenth to $42,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $33,905 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, $29,933 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,630 to $42,870) 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 $33,905 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 $29,933 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.