Social and Community Service Managers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,875
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$15,845
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,554
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
$73,720
Kept after tax
$57,875
Worth in national money
$65,554
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oklahoma is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $73,720, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 8.3% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Oklahoma this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 120 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $73,720 the take-home is $57,875; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,554 would nationally. The average lands at $71,490, below the middle of the range.
- Oklahoma ranks 40 of 51 for social and community service managers, with a median of $73,720 — about 8.3% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Oklahoma publishes a median for, social and community service managers sits 120 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.
- Post-tax income for social and community service managers in Oklahoma, on $73,720, is $57,875 — equivalent to $65,554 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 $71,490 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,730 |
| This salary | $73,720 |
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 | $57,875 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,692 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,098 |
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 | $69,716 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,279 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $73,720. The published range is $38,310 up to $99,730, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $57,875 take-home in Oklahoma comes from $73,720. 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 120 of 492.
- Two cautions on $65,554, the adjusted value of that $73,720 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 120 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for social and community service managers in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,310 to $99,730. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $57,875, from $73,720, 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 120 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- This $65,554 adjusted figure, worked from $73,720, 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 120 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 120 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 $71,490 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,310 and the top tenth $99,730 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,554 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 $57,875 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $71,490. 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 ($38,310) and the ninetieth ($99,730) 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 $65,554 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 $57,875 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.