How much do Air Traffic Controllers make in Oklahoma City, OK?

Percentile spread

For Air Traffic Controllers, the published 10th percentile is $84,140 and the 90th percentile is $185,600. The difference is $101,460, which is 69.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $115,650 to the 75th at $161,890, covers $46,240.

The mean annual wage is $139,870, which sits below the median of $146,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Oklahoma City, OK median is 1.1% lower than the national median of $148,080 for Air Traffic Controllers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $162,065, which is 9.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.9% higher than the Oklahoma median of $123,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oklahoma City, OK is 90.408, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $146,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Air Traffic Controllers at $162,065 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Air Traffic Controllers. Oklahoma City, OK ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 181 miles away, with a median of $186,510 and employment of 800. That median is 27.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $180,920, against $162,065 here.

Employment share

Air Traffic Controllers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Oklahoma City, OK (130 of 677,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.