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Web Developers salary in Tulsa, OK

Median pay for web developers in Tulsa, OK: $76,090/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $52,500 – $124,370 · about 80 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($76,305) by −$215 (+0%).

What it's really worth in Tulsa

With Tulsa's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $76,090 has the buying power of about $84,643 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $65,784 · median home $253,725 · median rent $1,352/mo.

Full Tulsa cost of living & taxes →

How Tulsa ranks for this job

On raw pay, Tulsa, OK is 75th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Tulsa's cost of living is applied, it ranks 52nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Tulsa is one of the places where web developers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Tulsa

A median home in Tulsa, OK costs $253,725 — about 3.3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,352/mo works out at 21% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where web developers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Tulsa.

MetroMedian payvs TulsaRent vs Tulsa
San Jose, CA $157,390 +107% 2.7×
San Francisco, CA $141,980 +87% 2.4×
Oxnard, CA $125,280 +65% 2.2×
Vallejo, CA $116,640 +53% 1.8×

Same job elsewhere in OK

MetroMedian payvs TulsaRent vs Tulsa
Oklahoma City, OK $81,110 +7%

Staying in OK keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Other jobs in Tulsa

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 148 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.