Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,588
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,752
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,708
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
$47,340
Kept after tax
$38,588
Worth in national money
$43,708
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $47,340, which ranks 8 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 6.65% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 292 among 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,340 you keep $38,588 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,708 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $55,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oklahoma ranks 8 of 50 states publishing a median for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, at $47,340 — about 6.65% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 292 of 492 in Oklahoma places reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 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 $38,588 after the full tax stack, from $47,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,708 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,050 |
| This salary | $47,340 |
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 | $38,588 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,218 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,321 |
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 | $45,312 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,807 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,340 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,860 and the ninetieth is $81,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oklahoma the take-home figure of $38,588, from $47,340, 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 292 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 $43,708 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 292.
- The Oklahoma median of $47,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,860 to $81,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oklahoma is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,588 from $47,340. 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 292 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,708, worked from $47,340, 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 292 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,860 and the top tenth $81,050 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $43,708 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 $38,588 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $55,760. 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 ($40,860) and the ninetieth ($81,050) 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 $43,708 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 $38,588 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.