Audio and Video Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,962
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$12,038
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,161
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
$52,000
Kept after tax
$39,962
Worth in national money
$38,161
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 21 of 49 states for audio and video technicians, with a middle wage of $52,000. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 337 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $52,000 the take-home is $39,962; in national-average money that behaves like $38,161. The average comes to $56,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 21 of 49 for audio and video technicians at $52,000. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Audio and video technicians ranks 337 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for audio and video technicians in Oregon, on $52,000, is $39,962; deflated by the state's price level, $38,161. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $56,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,340 |
| This salary | $52,000 |
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 | $39,962 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,962 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,079 |
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 | $47,022 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,562 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,000 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,550 and the ninetieth is $80,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $39,962, from $52,000, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 337 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,161 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 337.
- The Oregon median of $52,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,550 to $80,340. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,962 from $52,000. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 337 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,161, worked from $52,000, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 337 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 $56,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,550, the highest tenth $80,340, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $38,161 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 $39,962.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $56,210. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,550) and the ninetieth ($80,340) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $38,161 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 $39,962 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.