Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,749
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$7,211
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,227
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
$40,960
Kept after tax
$33,749
Worth in national money
$38,227
State rank
43
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $40,960. That is 43 of 49 states, and about 17.88% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Oklahoma reports figures for, this is number 357.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,960 the take-home is $33,749; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $38,227 would nationally. The average comes to $43,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $40,960, ranking 43 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 17.88%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Oklahoma's occupational distribution, septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners sits at 357 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Oklahoma, on $40,960, is $33,749 — equivalent to $38,227 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 $43,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,530 |
| This salary | $40,960 |
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 | $33,749 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,091 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,115 |
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 | $39,289 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,558 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,960 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,830 and the ninetieth is $54,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $33,749 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $40,960. 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 357 of 492.
- Two cautions on $38,227, the adjusted value of that $40,960 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 357 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $40,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,830 to $54,530. 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 $33,749, from $40,960, 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 357 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 49 for it.
- This $38,227 adjusted figure, worked from $40,960, 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 357 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 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 $43,400 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,830 and the top tenth $54,530, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $38,227 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 $33,749 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 49 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 $43,400. 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 ($32,830 to $54,530) 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 $38,227 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 $33,749 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.