What salary do you need to live in Oklahoma City, OK?

Rent, home values and prices in Oklahoma City

A one-bedroom in Oklahoma City rents for a median of $901 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,096 and a three-bedroom for $1,380. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $13,152.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $230,000. That is only 3.2× the area's median household income of $72,094, a low ratio by national standards.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Oklahoma City's overall prices at 90.4 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $110,610 would elsewhere.

Income needed for each grade in Oklahoma City

For two bedrooms, $113,000 is where Oklahoma City turns Comfortable. Below that, $56,000 marks the start of Okay and $28,000 the start of Tight; under $28,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 12% of gross pay.

Reaching Royal takes $316,000 — 2.8× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Oklahoma City shows the matching grade.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Oklahoma City

Choosing a bigger place in Oklahoma City at $75,000 trims the score from 56 to 50 without leaving Okay.

The two-bedroom column turns Comfortable at the $150,000 row. One row up, $100,000 scores 62.

Where Oklahoma City falls nationally

Ranked against all 387 metros, Oklahoma City sits 281st on overall price level and 221st on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 245th.

Next to Oklahoma City on the national rent ranking: College Station-Bryan, TX ($1,097) and La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ($1,094).

Oklahoma City next to Oklahoma and similar metros

Statewide, Oklahoma's median two-bedroom rent is $993 and its median home value $199,800. Oklahoma City's rent is +10% against that, and its home value +15%; the price parity is 90.4 versus 87.8 for the state.

Run Oklahoma's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $95,000; Oklahoma City's line is +19% from that.

The nearest matches in Oklahoma, judged on rent and price parity together, are Tulsa, OK, Lawton, OK, and Enid, OK.

The median Oklahoma City household

The median household in the metro earns $72,094 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 52, Okay. That falls $40,906 short of the $113,000 Comfortable line, a reminder that the typical household here spends a larger share on housing than the Comfortable band allows. For Oklahoma as a whole, the median household income of $65,039 scores 54 against statewide rents. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.