Data Scientist Salary in Oklahoma (2026)
The average Data Scientist in Oklahoma earns around $145,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $104,134/year ($8,678/month).
Take-Home Pay Breakdown
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $104,134 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $8,678 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $4,005 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $50/hr |
Federal Tax | $23,534 |
State Tax | $6,239 |
FICA Taxes | $11,093 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 28.18% |
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Read the guideData Scientist Salary Ranges in Oklahoma
Not all Data Scientists earn the same — not even close
Oklahoma's data scientist market is anchored by Devon Energy + Chesapeake Energy + Continental Resources Oklahoma City (substantial reservoir engineering ML + production optimization analytics), ONEOK + Williams Companies Tulsa (pipeline integrity + market + customer ML), Paycom Oklahoma City (Fortune 500 payroll + HR analytics + workforce intelligence), BOK Financial Tulsa (regional banking analytics), OU Stephenson Cancer Center Oklahoma City (NCI-designated cancer center clinical AI), Tinker AFB sustainment + cleared analytics, plus Integris Health + Saint Francis healthcare analytics.
Principal Data Scientist / Director
$185,000–$325,000+ TC
Devon Director DS · ONEOK Principal · Paycom Director · senior IC + leadership
Senior Data Scientist (E&P / Reservoir)
$135,000–$210,000
Devon · Chesapeake · Continental · reservoir engineering + production + drilling optimization ML
Senior Data Scientist (Midstream Pipeline)
$125,000–$190,000
ONEOK · Williams · pipeline integrity + commodity forecasting + market analytics ML
Senior Data Scientist (SaaS / HR)
$130,000–$200,000
Paycom workforce intelligence + analytics + talent acquisition ML · SaaS scale
Senior Data Scientist (Banking)
$118,000–$180,000
BOK Financial · MidFirst Bank · Arvest · fraud + credit + commercial banking ML
Senior Data Scientist (Healthcare)
$115,000–$175,000
OU Health · OU Stephenson Cancer · Integris · Saint Francis · clinical + claims ML
Senior Research Scientist (OU / OSU)
$112,000–$185,000
OU Health Sciences + OSU Center for Health Sciences · academic ML · NIH research
Mid-Level Data Scientist (3-6 yrs)
$88,000–$132,000
Functional DS at OK Fortune 500 · transitioning to senior band
Junior Data Scientist (0-3 yrs)
$68,000–$98,000
OU Statistics + OSU Data Science + Tulsa pipeline · entry band
Senior Data Scientist (Cleared)
$135,000–$215,000
Tinker AFB sustainment · Boeing OKC · cleared sustainment analytics · clearance premium
Worth knowing: Devon Energy HQ Oklahoma City + Chesapeake Energy + Continental Resources combined operate one of the country's largest concentrated onshore oil + gas data science clusters and a feature most national DS surveys understate for OK. The OKC E&P data science cluster (Devon Energy as country's top-10 onshore producer with substantial Anadarko Basin + Permian + Delaware Basin operations; Chesapeake Energy as country's #2 US natural gas producer historically + ongoing major operator post-2020 reorganization; Continental Resources post-2022 Harold Hamm take-private + substantial Bakken + STACK operations) supports substantial reservoir engineering ML + production optimization + drilling efficiency + well completions analytics — OKC + Tulsa E&P data scientists clear $135-210K TC. ONEOK Tulsa's pipeline integrity ML + commodity forecasting analytics support the country's largest US midstream pipeline operations post-2023 Magellan acquisition (~50K miles of pipelines moving NGL + natural gas + refined products). OU Stephenson Cancer Center Oklahoma City (one of 73 NCI-designated cancer centers + the only NCI center in OK, ~$30M+ annual NIH funding) operates substantial cancer research data science. Paycom OKC (Fortune 500 SaaS) supports substantial workforce intelligence + analytics ML. Tinker AFB sustainment analytics + Boeing OKC cleared analytics support cleared DS at $135-215K TC. OK's flat 4.75% + no estate tax + RTW since 2001 supports senior DS retention.
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