Lawton, OK Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lawton, OK moved from $40,000 in May 2024 to $42,090 in May 2025 (+5.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lawton, OK sits +2.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 30020 · Lawton, OK $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #464/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.9
- OCC-MID 213 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $448K
- EMP-MIX Business Ope…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH South Central Te…
- BOOK-MOST 208 rows · May 2025
Read with South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area (+$118 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 Lawton, OK
Where Lawton, OK already employs the upper wage tier
Business Operations Specialists, All Other and Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products lead published employment inside Lawton, OK's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Business Operations Specialists, All Other 370 jobs · $94,520
- 2. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 320 jobs · $124,340
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 210 jobs · $106,330
- 4. Computer Occupations, All Other 150 jobs · $96,890
- 5. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $137,540
- 6. Financial Managers 100 jobs · $116,340
- 7. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $448,460
- 8. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $254,300
- 9. Software Developers 80 jobs · $107,240
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $132,940
- 11. Computer Systems Analysts 70 jobs · $96,250
- 12. Dental Hygienists 70 jobs · $92,210
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $104,990
- 14. Physical Therapists 60 jobs · $98,590
- 15. Lawyers 60 jobs · $92,000
- 16. Sales Managers 40 jobs · $109,340
- 17. Speech-Language Pathologists 40 jobs · $100,420
- 18. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 40 jobs · $98,840
Occupations Tracked
213
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,916
employment-weighted, 208 complete rows
Top Salary
$448,460
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
85.9
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Lawton, 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 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $94,520 |
| 2 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | $124,340 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,330 |
| 4 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $96,890 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $137,540 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $116,340 |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $448,460 |
| 8 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $254,300 |
| 9 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $107,240 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,940 |
| 11 | Computer Systems Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $96,250 |
| 12 | Dental Hygienists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $92,210 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,990 |
| 14 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,590 |
| 15 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $92,000 |
| 16 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $109,340 |
| 17 | Speech-Language Pathologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,420 |
| 18 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,840 |
| 19 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $137,500 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,220 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,760 |
| 22 | Occupational Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,940 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $95,180 |
| 24 | Industrial Production Managers | $125,510 |
| 25 | Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | $115,090 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lawton, OK
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $17,150 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $19,490 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,200 |
| Bartenders | $21,230 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,430 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,690 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $24,890 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,600 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $26,370 |
| Dishwashers | $26,390 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($50,916 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.
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How to use Lawton, OK wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Lawton, OK at $448,460/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $50,916 adjusts to about $59,245 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.9. 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.