Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,429
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$16,651
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,314
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
$76,080
Kept after tax
$59,429
Worth in national money
$67,314
State rank
17
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oklahoma is 17 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $76,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 111 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,080 you keep $59,429, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,314 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $112,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oklahoma ranks 17 of 48 for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents at $76,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents sits 111 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents on $76,080 is $59,429. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,314 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 $112,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $220,130 |
| This salary | $76,080 |
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 | $59,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,352 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,149 |
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 | $71,925 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,350 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,080 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,680 and the ninetieth is $220,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $59,429 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $76,080. 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 111 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,314 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 111.
- The Oklahoma median of $76,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,680 to $220,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $59,429, from $76,080, 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 111 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,314, worked from $76,080, 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 111 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 $112,240 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,680 at the bottom tenth to $220,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,314.
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 $59,429 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $112,240. 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 ($37,680) and the ninetieth ($220,130) 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 $67,314 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 $59,429 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.