Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Oklahoma City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $49,720 a year or less, while the top 10% make $76,300 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma City earn between $53,060 and $75,430.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only). Hourly to annual salary.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Oklahoma City vs. Oklahoma and the U.S.

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Oklahoma City earn 7% less than the Oklahoma average ($70,440) and 24% less than the U.S. average ($86,410). At the median the gap is -14% against the U.S. median of $80,250.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Oklahoma City

On the average salary of $65,670, a single filer in Oklahoma City takes home about $52,536 a year, or $4,378 a month and $2,021 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Oklahoma City a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Oklahoma City area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $65,670 buys what about $72,637 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Oklahoma City ($47,230). A typical home costs $246,872, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other Oklahoma cities

Oklahoma City ranks 2nd of 2 Oklahoma metro areas for this job; Tulsa pays the most ($77,830).

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Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

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