Broadcast Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,535
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,885
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,978
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
$44,420
Kept after tax
$34,535
Worth in national money
$32,978
State rank
36
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is among the lower-paying states for broadcast technicians. The middle earner takes $44,420, ranking 36 of 47 states — about 25.43% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 431 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,420 the take-home is $34,535; in national-average money that behaves like $32,978. The average comes to $50,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 36 of 47 for broadcast technicians, with a median of $44,420 — about 25.43% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Broadcast technicians occupies position 431 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.
- Take-home for broadcast technicians in Oregon, on $44,420, is $34,535; deflated by the state's price level, $32,978. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $50,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,930 |
| This salary | $44,420 |
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 | $34,535 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,871 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,994 |
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 | $40,267 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,250 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,420 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,900 and the ninetieth is $75,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $34,535, worked from $44,420. 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 431 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,978, the adjusted value of that $44,420 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 431 of 489 in the state.
- The Oregon median of $44,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,900 to $75,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $34,535, on $44,420 for work ranking 431 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 431 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $32,978 — the adjusted value of that $44,420 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 431 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 $50,380, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $31,900 at the bottom tenth to $75,930 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $32,978 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 $34,535 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $50,380. 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 ($31,900) and the ninetieth ($75,930) 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 $32,978 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 $34,535 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.