Personal Financial Advisors in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,550
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$14,120
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,787
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
$68,670
Kept after tax
$54,550
Worth in national money
$61,787
State rank
47
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for personal financial advisors. The middle earner takes $68,670, ranking 47 of 49 states — about 34.64% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Personal financial advisors ranks 133 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $68,670 you keep $54,550, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,787 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $94,010, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma ranks 47 of 49 for personal financial advisors, with a median of $68,670 — about 34.64% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 133 of 492 in Oklahoma places personal financial advisors 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for personal financial advisors on $68,670 is $54,550. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,787 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $94,010 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Personal Financial Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $176,920 |
| This salary | $68,670 |
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 | $54,550 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,139 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,987 |
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 | $65,177 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,126 |
| 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 personal financial advisors in Oklahoma earn under $68,670 and half over. The published range runs $36,920 at the tenth percentile to $176,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $54,550, from $68,670, 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 133 of 492 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,787, the adjusted value of that $68,670 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 133 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for personal financial advisors in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,920 to $176,920; 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.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,550 from $68,670. 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 133 of 492 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $61,787 — the adjusted value of that $68,670 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 133 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 $94,010, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,920 and the top tenth $176,920 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $61,787.
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, $54,550 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $94,010. 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 ($36,920) and the ninetieth ($176,920) 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 $61,787 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 $54,550 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.