Numbers of the Day

Average Oklahoma teacher salary in 2012-2013, 49th lowest out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Source: Oklahoma Watch

The average debt of an Oklahoma university student who graduated in 2012. Oklahoma ranks 34th nationally.

Source: The Project on Student Debt

The number of Oklahomans enrolled in the state Medicaid program as of late March, the largest single-month total in the history of the program.

Source: Oklahoma Health Care Authority

Oklahoma Tax Commission estimate of cost in 2019 of SB 1246, which would lower top income tax rate to 4.85%. The Commission cannot estimate the full impact because its simulation model doesn’t extend that far into the future.

Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission

How much CTB/McGraw-Hill was paid this year to conduct Oklahoma school testing, which has been disrupted by technology problems for the second year in a row.

Source: NewsOK

Increase in leisure and hospitality sector jobs in Oklahoma since March 2013, more than one-third of all new jobs in Oklahoma over the past year.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Percentage of Oklahoma adults making less than $15,000 a year who are limited in some activities because of a disability or mental illness, 2012.

Source: Centers for Disease Control

How much Oklahoma needs to increase funding for SoonerCare, Mental Health, and the Department of Human Services just to maintain existing services.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Oklahoma’s rank out of all fifty states and the District of Columbia for the share of personal income going to state and local taxes in 2011.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

The median hourly wage for food preparation and serving workers in Oklahoma City.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics