Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$22,554
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$3,706
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,546
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
$26,260
Kept after tax
$22,554
Worth in national money
$25,546
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oklahoma. The middle earner gets $26,260. That is 45 of 50 states, and about 20.21% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Oklahoma publishes, this job lands at 484. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Oklahoma is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $26,260 the take-home is $22,554; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $25,546 would nationally. The average comes to $26,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, Oklahoma sits in the lower band at $26,260, ranking 45 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 20.21%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Oklahoma, this work ranks 484 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Oklahoma, on $26,260, is $22,554 — equivalent to $25,546 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 $26,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $26,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $34,100 |
| This salary | $26,260 |
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 | $22,554 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $23,235 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,636 |
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 | $25,433 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,930 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $26,260 as a midpoint for Oklahoma, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,370 and the ninetieth is $34,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $22,554, worked from $26,260. 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 484 of 492.
- Two cautions on $25,546, the adjusted value of that $26,260 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 484 of 492 locally.
- The Oklahoma median of $26,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,370 to $34,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $22,554, on $26,260 for work ranking 484 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 484 of 492 in the state.
- This $25,546 adjusted figure, worked from $26,260, 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 484 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 484 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $21,370 and the top tenth $34,100, so most people doing this work in Oklahoma sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $25,546 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 $22,554 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,370 to $34,100) 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 $25,546 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 $22,554 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.