Amusement and Recreation Attendants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,077
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$7,323
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,811
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
$35,400
Kept after tax
$28,077
Worth in national money
$26,811
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $35,400, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.11% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 482. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,400, tax leaves $28,077 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $26,811 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $36,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for amusement and recreation attendants, at $35,400 — about 10.11% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, amusement and recreation attendants ranks 482 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $28,077 remains from the Oregon median of $35,400 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $26,811 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $36,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,020 |
| This salary | $35,400 |
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 | $28,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,624 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,703 |
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 | $32,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,688 |
| 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 amusement and recreation attendants in Oregon earn under $35,400 and half over. The published range runs $31,210 at the tenth percentile to $42,020 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 $28,077, worked from $35,400. 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 482 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $26,811, the adjusted value of that $35,400 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 482 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for amusement and recreation attendants in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,210 to $42,020; 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 $28,077, on $35,400 for work ranking 482 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 482 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $26,811 — the adjusted value of that $35,400 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 482 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,210 at the bottom tenth to $42,020 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $26,811 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $28,077 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,210 to $42,020) 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 $26,811 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 $28,077 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.