Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Oklahoma scores 87.8 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $65,882 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Oklahoma (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 87.8 | 48th of 51 |
| Rents | 62.8 | 47th of 51 |
| Goods | 93.8 | — |
| Other services | 95.5 | — |
Home electricity averaged 12.24 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $3.73 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 1,707,680 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Oklahoma, the median pay is $45,600 a year, or $21.92 an hour; that ranks 47th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $25,850 and one in ten more than $100,690.
Oklahoma taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 4.5%. The brackets in Oklahoma. A single filer on the median $45,600, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $36,982 a year, or $1,422 every two weeks, after $3,292 of federal income tax, $3,488 of Social Security and Medicare and $1,837 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Oklahoma.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 52,520 | $23,430 |
| General and Operations Managers | 43,890 | $90,430 |
| Retail Salespersons | 43,830 | $29,660 |
| Cashiers | 41,140 | $28,180 |
| Registered Nurses | 38,270 | $82,920 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are general and operations managers ($90,430), registered nurses ($82,920), first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers ($60,870). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 77 Oklahoma counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $166,021, and across the 29 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,268 a month. A typical home costs 2.38 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $1,384 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $59,329 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 75.3% of Oklahoma's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +3.7% over the past year and +25.9% over five years, and rents +3.4% over the past year.
The most expensive Oklahoma counties are Logan County ($317,574), Delaware County ($289,274) and McClain County ($286,779); the least expensive are Tillman County ($57,359), Harmon County ($62,543) and Kiowa County ($74,950).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Oklahoma county, that comes to $44,870 a year for one adult and $96,020 for two adults and two children, of which $14,725 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $72,064.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $10,920 | $910 |
| Food | $11,683 | $974 |
| Transportation | $19,308 | $1,609 |
| Healthcare | $19,352 | $1,613 |
| Childcare | $14,725 | $1,227 |
| Other necessities | $7,080 | $590 |
| Taxes | $13,074 | $1,090 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 102 colleges in Oklahoma, 63 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $18,779 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $37,856. Compare degrees and schools.
| Adair County | $180,057 | +7.7% | — | $57,432 | $95,244 |
| Alfalfa County | $86,913 | −12.8% | — | $92,500 | $98,002 |
| Atoka County | $218,418 | +4.6% | — | $66,411 | $95,139 |
| Beaver County | $136,684 | −1.5% | — | $73,125 | $100,352 |
| Beckham County | $156,779 | +5.1% | — | $74,235 | $98,238 |
| Blaine County | $105,199 | +4.3% | — | $72,500 | $91,901 |
| Bryan County | $228,608 | −0.5% | $1,531 | $68,240 | $95,817 |
| Caddo County | $103,102 | +1.6% | — | $65,042 | $91,216 |
| Canadian County | $273,977 | +1.1% | $1,585 | $99,378 | $110,840 |
| Carter County | $178,422 | +1.3% | $1,172 | $75,554 | $94,971 |
| Cherokee County | $213,946 | +8.7% | $1,129 | $67,246 | $92,467 |
| Choctaw County | $142,551 | +1.4% | — | $63,101 | $90,634 |
| Cimarron County | $79,562 | −1.9% | — | $86,000 | $95,727 |
| Cleveland County | $255,911 | +0.9% | $1,389 | $97,518 | $104,606 |
| Coal County | $125,988 | +1.7% | — | $56,225 | $95,099 |
| Comanche County | $158,381 | +5.8% | $1,129 | $71,670 | $99,753 |
| Cotton County | $102,455 | −2.5% | — | $78,656 | $100,415 |
| Craig County | $197,535 | +5.3% | — | $60,882 | $97,207 |
| Creek County | $219,715 | +4.3% | $1,319 | $79,386 | $100,926 |
| Custer County | $177,938 | +3.8% | $804 | $77,067 | $95,058 |
| Delaware County | $289,274 | +5.2% | — | $69,176 | $96,591 |
| Dewey County | $136,603 | +3.9% | — | $71,509 | $100,470 |
| Ellis County | $100,592 | +1.9% | — | $71,711 | $101,648 |
| Garfield County | $142,534 | +3.6% | $1,268 | $82,529 | $103,388 |
| Garvin County | $150,842 | +4.7% | — | $73,080 | $91,868 |
| Grady County | $248,056 | +5.2% | $1,317 | $89,635 | $103,601 |
| Grant County | $115,103 | +5.1% | — | $81,357 | $98,357 |
| Greer County | $77,133 | −4.7% | — | $70,885 | $95,039 |
| Harmon County | $62,543 | −21.1% | — | $60,625 | $97,839 |
| Harper County | $77,905 | −2.6% | — | $72,202 | $101,975 |
| Haskell County | $157,835 | −0.1% | — | $62,125 | $91,690 |
| Hughes County | $114,526 | +7.4% | — | $57,679 | $94,146 |
| Jackson County | $116,195 | +0.7% | $1,007 | $78,239 | $94,218 |
| Jefferson County | $96,587 | +2.1% | — | $61,467 | $95,726 |
| Johnston County | $166,021 | +12.1% | — | $61,675 | $90,365 |
| Kay County | $117,379 | +4.2% | $745 | $69,885 | $94,197 |
| Kingfisher County | $233,170 | +1.5% | — | $78,713 | $96,771 |
| Kiowa County | $74,950 | +5.9% | — | $56,960 | $94,888 |
| Latimer County | $149,209 | +0.7% | — | $56,458 | $96,013 |
| Le Flore County | $170,498 | +4.2% | — | $62,610 | $95,692 |
| Lincoln County | $189,904 | +5.0% | — | $71,694 | $97,417 |
| Logan County | $317,574 | +0.5% | $1,377 | $96,555 | $100,838 |
| Love County | $201,758 | −1.4% | — | $73,015 | $96,013 |
| Major County | $168,220 | +7.9% | — | $79,458 | $96,366 |
| Marshall County | $209,180 | +5.6% | — | $59,736 | $95,435 |
| Mayes County | $220,980 | +4.3% | $1,248 | $70,674 | $91,517 |
| McClain County | $286,779 | +0.1% | $1,665 | $97,438 | $102,784 |
| McCurtain County | $198,188 | +2.6% | — | $63,988 | $94,780 |
| McIntosh County | $196,601 | +4.2% | — | $57,399 | $91,863 |
| Murray County | $171,687 | −4.8% | — | $77,516 | $93,276 |
| Muskogee County | $159,230 | +2.9% | $951 | $66,936 | $90,461 |
| Noble County | $161,290 | +3.7% | — | $85,197 | $97,793 |
| Nowata County | $178,245 | +5.3% | — | $64,107 | $96,020 |
| Okfuskee County | $149,055 | +10.8% | — | $60,381 | $91,058 |
| Oklahoma County | $224,768 | +0.2% | $1,356 | $82,710 | $101,207 |
| Okmulgee County | $130,622 | −4.5% | $1,350 | $68,559 | $94,176 |
| Osage County | $218,571 | +4.5% | $1,250 | $76,931 | $97,891 |
| Ottawa County | $142,332 | +5.2% | — | $59,215 | $93,283 |
| Pawnee County | $179,778 | +3.0% | — | $72,250 | $99,362 |
| Payne County | $245,289 | +4.5% | $1,353 | $73,635 | $92,981 |
| Pittsburg County | $150,141 | +4.7% | $1,045 | $69,897 | $94,983 |
| Pontotoc County | $191,113 | +7.2% | $1,080 | $77,825 | $92,183 |
| Pottawatomie County | $193,752 | +4.0% | $1,131 | $74,978 | $92,895 |
| Pushmataha County | $161,300 | +3.7% | — | $57,788 | $92,348 |
| Roger Mills County | $191,513 | +6.0% | — | $71,571 | $100,171 |
| Rogers County | $285,221 | +2.8% | $1,490 | $93,613 | $106,303 |
| Seminole County | $125,179 | +8.6% | — | $56,047 | $90,591 |
| Sequoyah County | $191,608 | +4.3% | — | $63,665 | $98,015 |
| Stephens County | $144,226 | +2.9% | $1,056 | $75,591 | $96,230 |
| Texas County | $172,130 | +7.9% | — | $73,258 | $100,683 |
| Tillman County | $57,359 | −5.6% | — | $61,329 | $96,079 |
| Tulsa County | $253,998 | +2.8% | $1,363 | $87,130 | $102,880 |
| Wagoner County | $285,973 | +2.8% | $1,630 | $93,010 | $108,080 |
| Washington County | $187,415 | +5.8% | $1,261 | $81,519 | $96,042 |
| Washita County | $105,433 | +3.1% | — | $72,064 | $99,060 |
| Woods County | $119,646 | +6.6% | — | $82,610 | $99,309 |
| Woodward County | $135,004 | +3.6% | $1,392 | $82,379 | $100,552 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Oklahoma City, OK (typical rent $1,390), Tulsa, OK (typical rent $1,373).
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