Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,737
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,163
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,612
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
$44,900
Kept after tax
$36,737
Worth in national money
$41,612
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays painters, construction and maintenance a middle wage of $44,900, 42 of 51 states and about 9.11% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 332.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,900 you keep $36,737 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,612 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma's $44,900 median for painters, construction and maintenance places it 42 of 51 states, about 9.11% 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.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, painters, construction and maintenance sits at 332 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $36,737 after the full tax stack, from $44,900. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,612 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,410 |
| This salary | $44,900 |
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 | $36,737 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,257 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,242 |
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 | $43,008 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,712 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $44,900. The published range is $30,650 up to $67,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $36,737, from $44,900, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 332 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,612 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 332.
- Reported values are medians; for painters, construction and maintenance in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,650 to $67,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,737 from $44,900. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 332 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,612, worked from $44,900, 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 332 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,650 at the bottom tenth to $67,410 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Oklahoma sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $41,612 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oklahoma adds its own income tax on top — which is why $36,737 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,650) and the ninetieth ($67,410) 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 $41,612 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 $36,737 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.