Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,736
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$13,535
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,764
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
$57,270
Kept after tax
$43,736
Worth in national money
$41,764
State rank
6
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $57,270, ranking 6 of 45 states and sitting about 20.24% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 302 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $57,270 the take-home is $43,736. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $41,764 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $52,690, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oregon's median for automotive glass installers and repairers is $57,270, about 20.24% above the national figure and 6 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 302 of 489 in Oregon places automotive glass installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $43,736 for automotive glass installers and repairers, from $57,270. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,764. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $52,690 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,300 |
| This salary | $57,270 |
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 | $43,736 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,196 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,834 |
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 | $51,718 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,474 |
| 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 automotive glass installers and repairers in Oregon earn under $57,270 and half over. The published range runs $37,570 at the tenth percentile to $61,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $43,736, from $57,270, 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 302 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,764, the adjusted value of that $57,270 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 302 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive glass installers and repairers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,570 to $61,300; 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.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,736 from $57,270. 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 302 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $41,764 — the adjusted value of that $57,270 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 302 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $52,690, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,570 and the top tenth $61,300, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $41,764 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $43,736 of this wage survives to your account.
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 45 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 $52,690. 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 ($37,570 to $61,300) 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 $41,764 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 $43,736 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.