Radiation Therapists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,120
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$24,270
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,955
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
$98,390
Kept after tax
$74,120
Worth in national money
$83,955
State rank
31
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for radiation therapists. The middle earner takes $98,390, ranking 31 of 46 states — about 6.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Oklahoma reports, radiation therapists comes in at 49 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,390 you keep $74,120, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $83,955 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oklahoma ranks 31 of 46 for radiation therapists, with a median of $98,390 — about 6.57% 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.
- Radiation therapists ranks 49 of 492 occupations by median in Oklahoma, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for radiation therapists on $98,390 is $74,120. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $83,955 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 $96,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,520 |
| This salary | $98,390 |
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 | $74,120 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,047 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,638 |
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 | $92,808 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,026 |
| 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 radiation therapists in Oklahoma earn under $98,390 and half over. The published range runs $76,310 at the tenth percentile to $125,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,120 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $98,390. 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 49 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,955, the adjusted value of that $98,390 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 49 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for radiation therapists in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,310 to $125,520; 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 $74,120, from $98,390, 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 49 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $83,955 — the adjusted value of that $98,390 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 49 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $76,310 and the top tenth $125,520, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $83,955.
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, $74,120 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,310 to $125,520) 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 $83,955 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 $74,120 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.