Physician Assistants in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,954
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$37,596
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$112,083
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
$136,550
Kept after tax
$98,954
Worth in national money
$112,083
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays physician assistants around $136,550 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 9 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $136,550 you keep $98,954 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $112,083 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $138,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- For physician assistants the Oklahoma median is $136,550, ranking 18 of 51 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.
- Within Oklahoma, physician assistants ranks 9 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $98,954 after the full tax stack, from $136,550. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $112,083 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $138,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,010 |
| This salary | $136,550 |
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 | $98,954 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,598 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,444 |
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 | $128,292 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,319 |
| 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 $136,550. The published range is $102,890 up to $173,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $98,954, from $136,550, 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 9 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $112,083, the adjusted value of that $136,550 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 9 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for physician assistants in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $102,890 to $173,010. 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 $98,954 from $136,550. 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 9 of 492 locally.
- This $112,083 adjusted figure, worked from $136,550, 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 9 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 9 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $102,890 at the tenth percentile, $173,010 at the ninetieth.
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 $112,083 in national terms.
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 $98,954 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($102,890 to $173,010) 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 $112,083 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 $98,954 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.