Aircraft Service Attendants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,241
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,579
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,833
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$39,820
Kept after tax
$31,241
Worth in national money
$29,833
State rank
28
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon sits in the middle of the pack for aircraft service attendants. The median is $39,820, ranking 28 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 453 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $39,820, tax leaves $31,241 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,833 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon occupies the middle band for aircraft service attendants: a median of $39,820, ranking 28 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Aircraft service attendants occupies position 453 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $31,241 remains from the Oregon median of $39,820 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,833 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,850 |
| This salary | $39,820 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Oregon | $31,241 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,175 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,336 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $36,168 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,453 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in Oregon earn under $39,820 and half over. The published range runs $32,720 at the tenth percentile to $49,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $31,241, worked from $39,820. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 453 of 489.
- Two cautions on $29,833, the adjusted value of that $39,820 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 453 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,720 to $49,850; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Oregon take-home of $31,241, on $39,820 for work ranking 453 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 453 of 489 in the state.
- This $29,833 adjusted figure, worked from $39,820, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 453 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 453 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,180, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,720 at the tenth percentile, $49,850 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $29,833 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $31,241.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oregon is $42,180. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,720 to $49,850) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $29,833 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $31,241 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.