Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,980
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$23,410
27.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,186
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
$85,390
Kept after tax
$61,980
Worth in national money
$59,186
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $85,390, putting the state 1 of 50 — about 31.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 131.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $85,390, tax leaves $61,980 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $59,186 would nationally. Average and middle land in the same place, $85,390.
- For civil engineering technologists and technicians, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,390, ranking 1 of 50 and running about 31.47% 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, civil engineering technologists and technicians sits at 131 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.
- After tax, $61,980 remains from the Oregon median of $85,390 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $59,186 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. The mean equals the median at $85,390 — no skew either way in the published band.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,200 |
| This salary | $85,390 |
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 | $61,980 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,902 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,719 |
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 | $75,551 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,187 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in Oregon earn under $85,390 and half over. The published range runs $62,300 at the tenth percentile to $103,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $61,980, from $85,390, 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 131 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 $59,186 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 131.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,300 to $103,200; 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 $61,980 from $85,390. 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 131 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,186, worked from $85,390, 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 131 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,300 at the bottom tenth to $103,200 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $59,186 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 $61,980.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,300 to $103,200) 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 $59,186 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 $61,980 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.