Enid, OK Salaries

Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 84.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025

Observed metro pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Enid, OK moved from $38,790 in May 2024 to $40,500 in May 2025 (+4.4%).
  • Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
  • Enid, OK sits +1.3 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
F
Wage Scorecard
33/100
Enid, OK

Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.

Wage Level F
$40,500
All-occupation median annual wage (BLS OEWS)
Wage Growth B+
+4.4%
Year-over-year change in median wage (BLS OEWS)
Real Purchasing Power F
$48,060
Median wage adjusted for regional price parity (RPP 84.3, BEA)

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 21420 · Enid, OK $48K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

  • MEAN-TRACE #498/528
  • RPP-QUIET 84.3
  • OCC-THIN 132 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Pharmacists · $132K
  • EMP-MIX Registered N…
  • TREND-INLINE +1.3 pp
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lower West Missi…
  • BOOK-MOST 132 rows · May 2025

Read with Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area ($29 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living

Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.

Published-row mean neighbourhood around Enid, OK

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KEnid, OK · this MSA: $48KEnid, OK · this MSA$48KLower West Mississip… · near: $48KLower West Mississip… · near$48KSoutheast Oklahoma n… · near: $48KSoutheast Oklahoma n… · near$48KMonroe, LA · near: $49KMonroe, LA · near$49KDothan, AL · near: $49KDothan, AL · near$49KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
Read the chart as text
Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Enid, OK · this MSA $48K
Lower West Mississip… · near $48K
Southeast Oklahoma n… · near $48K
Monroe, LA · near $49K
Dothan, AL · near $49K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Where Enid, OK already employs the upper wage tier

Registered Nurses and General and Operations Managers lead published employment inside Enid, OK's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Registered Nurses 810 jobs · $78,060
  2. 2. General and Operations Managers 540 jobs · $81,520
  3. 3. First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 180 jobs · $76,850
  4. 4. Accountants and Auditors 160 jobs · $68,710
  5. 5. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 150 jobs · $72,270
  6. 6. Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 100 jobs · $79,840
  7. 7. Project Management Specialists 90 jobs · $97,700
  8. 8. Lawyers 80 jobs · $87,980
  9. 9. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 80 jobs · $75,850
  10. 10. Business Operations Specialists, All Other 80 jobs · $74,990
  11. 11. Medical and Health Services Managers 70 jobs · $101,670
  12. 12. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $131,690
  13. 13. Financial Managers 60 jobs · $107,880
  14. 14. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 60 jobs · $94,210
  15. 15. Software Developers 50 jobs · $94,830
  16. 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 50 jobs · $81,240
  17. 17. Computer Network Support Specialists 50 jobs · $76,690
  18. 18. Industrial Production Managers 40 jobs · $128,270

Occupations Tracked

132

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$48,459

employment-weighted, 132 complete rows

Top Salary

$131,690

Pharmacists

Cost of Living

84.3

16% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $48,459 by the metro RPP gives $57,505 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Top-pay occupations in Enid, OK, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Registered Nurses $78,060
2 General and Operations Managers $81,520
3 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $76,850
4 Accountants and Auditors $68,710
5 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $72,270
6 Radiologic Technologists and Technicians $79,840
7 Project Management Specialists $97,700
8 Lawyers $87,980
9 Industrial Machinery Mechanics $75,850
10 Business Operations Specialists, All Other $74,990
11 Medical and Health Services Managers $101,670
12 Pharmacists $131,690
13 Financial Managers $107,880
14 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $94,210
15 Software Developers $94,830
16 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $81,240
17 Computer Network Support Specialists $76,690
18 Industrial Production Managers $128,270
19 Nurse Practitioners $115,030
20 Loan Officers $104,990
21 Respiratory Therapists $77,230
22 Compliance Officers $72,700
23 Physical Therapists $113,190
24 Logisticians $98,100
25 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $79,780

Lowest Paying Jobs in Enid, OK

Other BLS Wage Areas in OK

Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.

Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside OK. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($48,459 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the lower price level do to Enid, OK wage reading?
The employment-weighted published-row mean across 132 occupation rows is $48,459/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). BEA RPP 84.3 puts local prices 16% below the US average, so the same mean reads as $57,505 in national-price terms. Page lists 132 occupations with a published median, a different denominator. The top-tier median average of the 25 highest-paying rows is $90,851.
What is the highest paying job in Enid, OK?
The highest paying occupation in Enid, OK is Pharmacists with a median salary of $131,690/year. The second highest is Industrial Production Managers at $128,270/year.
What jobs pay the least in Enid, OK?
The lowest paying occupation in Enid, OK is Waiters and Waitresses with a median salary of $16,650/year according to BLS data.
Which federal tables feed Enid, OK's wage and price figures?
Occupation wages are BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for this metropolitan statistical area. The price-level figure is BEA Regional Price Parities for the matching metro area (latest published year on the page). WageDex divides the employment-weighted published-row mean by RPP only when both inputs exist; it does not substitute a national RPP.

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Cost-of-living index: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

What to do with this data

How to use Enid, OK wage figures in a real decision

  • Pharmacists leads published medians in Enid, OK at $131,690/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Pharmacists
  • The employment-weighted published-row mean of $48,459 adjusts to about $57,505 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 84.3. Salary vs cost of living
  • Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OK before treating one geography as the other. State wage page

BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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