Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,549
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$8,421
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,531
Oklahoma costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the top tenth 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
$45,970
Kept after tax
$37,549
Worth in national money
$42,531
State rank
8
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is one of the better-paying states for slaughterers and meat packers. The middle earner takes $45,970, which ranks 8 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 14.55% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Oklahoma, this sits in the middle: 312 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,970 you keep $37,549 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,531 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $40,080.
- Oklahoma ranks 8 of 47 states publishing a median for slaughterers and meat packers, at $45,970 — about 14.55% 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.
- Slaughterers and meat packers ranks 312 of 492 occupations in Oklahoma by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $37,549 after the full tax stack, from $45,970. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,531 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,080 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,970 |
| This salary | $45,970 |
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 | $37,549 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,117 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,277 |
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 | $44,018 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,753 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,970 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,290 and the ninetieth is $45,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,549 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $45,970. 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 312 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,531 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 312.
- The Oklahoma median of $45,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,290 to $45,970. 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 $37,549, from $45,970, 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 312 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,531, worked from $45,970, 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 312 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 $40,080 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,290 at the tenth percentile, $45,970 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,531.
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 $37,549.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $40,080. 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 ($33,290 to $45,970) 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 $42,531 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 $37,549 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.