Occupational Therapy Assistants in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,134
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$13,386
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,184
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
$66,520
Kept after tax
$53,134
Worth in national money
$60,184
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays this job around $66,520 at the midpoint, 27 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 142 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,520 you keep $53,134 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $60,184 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $66,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational therapy assistants the Oklahoma median is $66,520, ranking 27 of 50 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.
- Position 142 of 492 in Oklahoma places occupational therapy assistants 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $53,134 after the full tax stack, from $66,520. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,184 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $66,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,320 |
| This salary | $66,520 |
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 | $53,134 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,627 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,940 |
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 | $63,415 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,061 |
| 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 occupational therapy assistants in Oklahoma earn under $66,520 and half over. The published range runs $51,710 at the tenth percentile to $79,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,134 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $66,520. 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 142 of 492.
- Two cautions on $60,184, the adjusted value of that $66,520 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 142 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,710 to $79,320; 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 $53,134, from $66,520, 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 142 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 50 for it.
- This $60,184 adjusted figure, worked from $66,520, 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 142 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 142 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,710 at the bottom tenth to $79,320 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 $60,184 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, $53,134 remains.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,710 to $79,320) 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 $60,184 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 $53,134 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.