Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,093
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$6,047
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,085
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
$36,140
Kept after tax
$30,093
Worth in national money
$34,085
State rank
43
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $36,140, ranking 43 of 46 states — about 15.5% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Oklahoma, this one sits low: 421 of 492 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,140 the take-home is $30,093; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,085 would nationally. The average comes to $38,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oklahoma ranks 43 of 46 for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood, with a median of $36,140 — about 15.5% 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.
- Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood occupies position 421 of 492 in Oklahoma's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Oklahoma, on $36,140, is $30,093 — equivalent to $34,085 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $38,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,840 |
| This salary | $36,140 |
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 | $30,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,218 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,959 |
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 | $34,739 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,370 |
| 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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Oklahoma earn under $36,140 and half over. The published range runs $29,570 at the tenth percentile to $47,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $30,093 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $36,140. 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 421 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oklahoma, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,085, the adjusted value of that $36,140 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 421 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,570 to $47,840; 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 $30,093, from $36,140, 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 421 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oklahoma, so $34,085 — the adjusted value of that $36,140 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 421 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $38,120, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,570 at the tenth percentile, $47,840 at the ninetieth.
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 $34,085 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 $30,093 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $38,120. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,570 to $47,840) 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 $34,085 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 $30,093 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.