Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,825
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$7,235
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,312
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
$41,060
Kept after tax
$33,825
Worth in national money
$38,312
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $41,060. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 9.28% 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 355.
- Here is where Oklahoma does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $41,060 you keep $33,825, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,312 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $43,790, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $41,060, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 9.28%. 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, shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks sits at 355 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.
- After federal, FICA and Oklahoma income tax, retained pay for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks on $41,060 is $33,825. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,312 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 $43,790 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,960 |
| This salary | $41,060 |
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 | $33,825 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,172 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,118 |
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 | $39,383 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,562 |
| 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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Oklahoma earn under $41,060 and half over. The published range runs $31,080 at the tenth percentile to $59,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $33,825, worked from $41,060. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 355 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,312 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 355.
- Figures are distribution medians for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,080 to $59,960; 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.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $33,825, on $41,060 for work ranking 355 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 355 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,312, worked from $41,060, 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 355 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $43,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,080 and the top tenth $59,960, 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 $38,312 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oklahoma then takes its own share, leaving $33,825.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $43,790. 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 ($31,080 to $59,960) 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 $38,312 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 $33,825 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.