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Tulsa County · Oklahoma

Tulsa cost of living (OK)

Price levels published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for Tulsa, OK, with the national average set to 100 — so 108 means things cost 8% more here than the US average.

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Quick answer

Tulsa costs 10.8% below the national average — all-items price level 89.2, rank 91 of 94 covered metros. A $100,000 national-average salary needs to be $89,214 here. Housing is the reason, at 68.2.

All items
89.2US average = 100
Housing
68.231.8% below the national average
Goods
93.86.2% below the national average
Other services
95.54.5% below the national average

Price level by component

Where the difference actually comes from.

ComponentIndexvs USWhat it covers
Goods93.8-6.2%Groceries, fuel, clothing, durable purchases.
Housing68.2-31.8%Rents and imputed rents — the biggest single swing factor.
Utilities73.9-26.1%Electricity, gas, water and other household energy.
Other services95.5-4.5%Healthcare, dining, repairs, personal services.

What your salary is worth in Tulsa, OK

Enter a salary. We deflate it by the local price level (89.2 where 100 is the US average) and show what you would need to earn here to match the same pay somewhere average.

Real value here
$67,358
Needed to match US average
$53,611
Monthly difference
$-540

What a local paycheck is really worth

Nominal pay is only half the story.

$60,093 median household income in Tulsa is worth $67,358 in national-average dollars. BEA calls that real income: income × 100 ÷ 89.2.

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Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities

2024 BEA Regional Price Parities, published for Tulsa, OK. Parities are metro-wide, so a single neighbourhood can sit well above or below these figures.