The median worker in the Enid, OK metro area earned $38,790 a year in 2024, about $18.65 an hour. That ranks #364 of the 391 metro areas published here, 21.6% below the national median.
Enid pays 11.7% less than Oklahoma as a whole. Metros usually run ahead of their states because they concentrate higher-paying industries, and the gap is a rough measure of how much of a state's economy sits in its cities.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024 state estimates. Wage and salary workers only, excluding the self-employed.
The median across all occupations is $38,790, or $18.65 an hour, covering 23,420 wage and salary workers. The mean is $49,660, higher because a small number of very large salaries pull an average upward.
Does Enid pay more than the rest of Oklahoma?
No. The metro median of $38,790 is 11.7% below the Oklahoma median of $43,950. Metropolitan areas usually pay more than their states because they concentrate higher-paying industries, and usually cost more to live in for the same reason.
Which jobs pay best in Enid?
General and Operations Managers ($77,890), Registered Nurses ($75,090), First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers ($58,490). Medical specialities top nearly every metro list, which reflects how the occupations are classified more than local conditions.
What is Enid unusually full of?
Registered Nurses, at 1.46× the national concentration. Location quotient is a better description of a local economy than its biggest employers, which are retail and food service almost everywhere.