Computer Network Support Specialists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,823
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$17,077
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,486
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
$68,900
Kept after tax
$51,823
Worth in national money
$49,486
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays this job around $68,900 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 217 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $68,900 the take-home is $51,823. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $49,486 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $70,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer network support specialists the Oregon median is $68,900, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Computer network support specialists ranks 217 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $51,823 for computer network support specialists, from $68,900. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,486. ⚠️ 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 $70,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,660 |
| This salary | $68,900 |
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 | $51,823 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,481 |
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 | $61,783 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,765 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $68,900. The published range is $46,320 up to $99,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $51,823, from $68,900, 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 217 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 $49,486 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 217.
- Reported values are medians; for computer network support specialists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,320 to $99,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,823 from $68,900. 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 217 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,486, worked from $68,900, 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 217 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,320 and the top tenth $99,660 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $49,486 — 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 $51,823 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 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,320) and the ninetieth ($99,660) 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 $49,486 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 $51,823 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.