Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $76K, rent takes 22.1% 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents typically earn — is $38K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,261/month. At HUD’s $1,081/month FMR, rent would take 48% 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 — $76K locally vs. $79K nationally, a 3% difference.

Oklahoma pays $76K median vs. the U.S. average of $79K — that’s -3%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 87.46), the purchasing-power equivalent is $87K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $76,080 a year, that works out to about $37 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $37,680, and experienced securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents can clear $220,130. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,899/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,081/month, which eats 22.1% 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents salary is worth about $86,988 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.