Statisticians in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,293
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$21,247
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,354
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
$89,540
Kept after tax
$68,293
Worth in national money
$77,354
State rank
29
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oklahoma pays statisticians around $89,540 at the midpoint, 29 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 67 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $89,540 you keep $68,293 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,354 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $97,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- For statisticians the Oklahoma median is $89,540, ranking 29 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Oklahoma, statisticians ranks 67 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $68,293 after the full tax stack, from $89,540. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,354 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $97,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,540 |
| This salary | $89,540 |
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 | $68,293 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,821 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,444 |
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 | $84,524 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,758 |
| 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 statisticians in Oklahoma earn under $89,540 and half over. The published range runs $64,500 at the tenth percentile to $145,540 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 $68,293, worked from $89,540. 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 67 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,354 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 67.
- Figures are distribution medians for statisticians in Oklahoma, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,500 to $145,540; 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 $68,293, on $89,540 for work ranking 67 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 67 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,354, worked from $89,540, 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 67 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 $97,380, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,500, the highest tenth $145,540, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $77,354 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oklahoma's own levy, $68,293 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $97,380. 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 ($64,500) and the ninetieth ($145,540) 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 $77,354 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 $68,293 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.