Compensation and Benefits Managers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$107,664
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$53,806
33.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,811
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
$161,470
Kept after tax
$107,664
Worth in national money
$102,811
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $161,470, putting the state 11 of 45 — about 8.2% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 11 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $161,470 the take-home is $107,664. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $102,811 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $159,880, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For compensation and benefits managers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $161,470, ranking 11 of 45 and running about 8.2% 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.
- Within Oregon, compensation and benefits managers ranks 11 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $107,664 for compensation and benefits managers, from $161,470. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $102,811. ⚠️ 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 $159,880 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Compensation and Benefits Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $161,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $226,250 |
| This salary | $161,470 |
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 | $107,664 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $121,631 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$22,356 |
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 | $141,037 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$31,784 |
| 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 compensation and benefits managers in Oregon earn under $161,470 and half over. The published range runs $100,400 at the tenth percentile to $226,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $107,664, from $161,470, 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 11 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 $102,811 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 11.
- Figures are distribution medians for compensation and benefits managers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $100,400 to $226,250; 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 $107,664 from $161,470. 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 11 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $102,811, worked from $161,470, 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 11 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $100,400, the highest tenth $226,250, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $102,811 rather than its face figure.
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 $107,664.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($100,400) and the ninetieth ($226,250) 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 $102,811 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 $107,664 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.