Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,513
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$10,957
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,552
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
$56,470
Kept after tax
$45,513
Worth in national money
$51,552
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays this job a middle wage of $56,470, 43 of 48 states and about 8.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 212 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,470 the take-home is $45,513; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,552 would nationally. The average lands at $56,400, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma's $56,470 median for occupational health and safety technicians places it 43 of 48 states, about 8.27% 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.
- Position 212 of 492 in Oklahoma places occupational health and safety technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for occupational health and safety technicians in Oklahoma, on $56,470, is $45,513 — equivalent to $51,552 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 $56,400 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,990 |
| This salary | $56,470 |
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 | $45,513 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,554 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,616 |
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 | $53,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,163 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,470 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,530 and the ninetieth is $80,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $45,513, worked from $56,470. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 212 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,552 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 212.
- The Oklahoma median of $56,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,530 to $80,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $45,513, on $56,470 for work ranking 212 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 212 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,552, worked from $56,470, 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 212 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,530 and the top tenth $80,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $51,552 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oklahoma then takes its own share, leaving $45,513.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,530) and the ninetieth ($80,990) 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 $51,552 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 $45,513 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.