Rank #11 of 33
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
9.7
Tacos per hour at the local median wage
$2.27
Avg taco price
$22.06
Median hourly wage (2024)
$2.75
Fast-casual taqueria
$1.79
Taco Bell crunchy taco
Oklahoma City sits above the national average. An hour of local work buys 9.7 tacos here, compared with 9.3 tacos per hour across the 33-city index (+0.4 vs national average).
Local note
Oklahoma City's taco scene is anchored by a strong Mexican-American community with a concentration of family-owned taquerias offering street taco prices well below the national average.
Where the numbers come from
Fast-casual: Chelino's, Tacos San Pedro (~$2.75 standard); Taqueria Sanchez and street trucks run as low as $1–2/taco. Chain: Taco Bell crunchy taco $1.79 (low-cost market).
Average taco price ($2.27) is $0.50 below the national average of $2.77.
How this is calculated. Tacos per hour = median hourly wage ÷ average taco price.
Average taco price is the mean of the fast-casual taqueria anchor and the local Taco Bell crunchy taco price.
Wages come from BLS OEWS, May 2024, MSA-level median for all occupations.
Full methodology.