Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $67K, rent takes 24.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,081/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new career/technical education teachers, postsecondaries typically earn — is $48K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,879/month. At HUD’s $1,081/month FMR, rent would take 38% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $67K locally vs. $64K nationally, a 5% difference.

Oklahoma pays $67K median vs. the U.S. average of $64K — that’s +5%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 87.46), the purchasing-power equivalent is $77K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $67,060 a year, that works out to about $32 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $47,990, and experienced career/technical education teachers, postsecondaries can clear $104,170. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,406/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,081/month, which eats 24.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Oklahoma has a Regional Price Parity of 87.46 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median career/technical education teachers, postsecondary salary is worth about $76,675 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.