Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,647
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$15,483
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,454
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
$64,130
Kept after tax
$48,647
Worth in national money
$46,454
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $64,130, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 7.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 239.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $64,130 the take-home is $48,647; in national-average money that behaves like $46,454. The average comes to $68,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For child, family, and school social workers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,130, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 7.69% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, child, family, and school social workers sits at 239 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for child, family, and school social workers in Oregon, on $64,130, is $48,647; deflated by the state's price level, $46,454. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $68,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,220 |
| This salary | $64,130 |
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 | $48,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,708 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,816 |
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 | $57,831 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,662 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,130 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,760 and the ninetieth is $89,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $48,647, from $64,130, 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 239 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 $46,454, the adjusted value of that $64,130 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 239 of 489 in the state.
- The Oregon median of $64,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,760 to $89,220. 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 $48,647 from $64,130. 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 239 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $46,454 — the adjusted value of that $64,130 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 239 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,400 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,760 at the tenth percentile, $89,220 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 $46,454 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 $48,647.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $68,400. 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 ($47,760 to $89,220) 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 $46,454 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 $48,647 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.