Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Oklahoma City ranks 146th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 174th for income. A household earns $72,930 a year while median rent runs $1,162/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 10% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is cost of living (62nd of 300), while air quality is the soft spot (255th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 120th and home prices 91st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Oklahoma City, your take-home is worth about $64,420 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 174th of 300↑20.3%$72,930
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 62nd of 30090 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $80,668
- Per-capita income
- $39,751
- Full-time pay
- $43,588
Housing
- Median rent
- 120th of 300↑32.6%$1,162/mo
- Home value
- 91st of 300↑51.8%$253,200
- Property tax
- $2,278/yr · 0.9%
- Sales tax
- 9.01%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 138th of 3004.3%
- Bachelor's+
- 130th of 30035.3%
- Avg commute
- 124th of 30023.5 min
People
- Population
- 1,497,821
- Population change
- +6.3%
- Median age
- 36.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 8.5%
- Broadband
- 93.9%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 255th of 30053
- Natural-hazard loss
- 183rd of 300$14/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 164th of 30018.9%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.3%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Home prices
Watch-outs
- – Air quality
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — oklahoma cy will rogers world.
What jobs pay in Oklahoma City
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $481,870
- Pharmacists
- $138,120
- IT managers
- $137,940
- Financial managers
- $131,540
- Software developers
- $122,390
- Lawyers
- $103,490
- Civil engineers
- $98,960
- General & operations managers
- $97,110
- Registered nurses
- $82,920
- Web developers
- $82,490
- Accountants & auditors
- $77,280
- Police officers
- $75,270
- Electricians
- $61,010
- Plumbers
- $59,150
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $54,720
- Secondary school teachers
- $50,650
- Carpenters
- $48,940
- Elementary school teachers
- $48,780
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $43,760
- Construction laborers
- $39,430
- Customer service reps
- $39,330
- Janitors
- $31,960
- Retail salespersons
- $30,160
- Cashiers
- $28,680
- Waiters & waitresses
- $18,200
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Oklahoma City metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Oklahoma are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas11,411
- California4,085
- Colorado2,684
- Kansas2,305
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Oklahoma City metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Oklahoma City metro?
- Median gross rent across the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area is $1,162 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Oklahoma City.
- What is the median household income in the Oklahoma City metro?
- A typical household in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area earns $72,930 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Oklahoma City expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area runs about 10% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Oklahoma City metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $80,668 (versus its face value of $72,930). CityLedger rates the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Oklahoma City metro?
- The median home value across the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area is $253,200 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Oklahoma City metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area is 4.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).