Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,200
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$27,910
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,080
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
$97,110
Kept after tax
$69,200
Worth in national money
$66,080
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $97,110, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 30.63% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 106 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $97,110 the take-home is $69,200. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $66,080 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $94,900, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,110, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 30.63% 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.
- Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door ranks 106 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $69,200 for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, from $97,110. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,080. ⚠️ 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 $94,900 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,020 |
| This salary | $97,110 |
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 | $69,200 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,147 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,309 |
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 | $85,814 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,384 |
| 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 $97,110. The published range is $53,270 up to $130,020, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $69,200 take-home in Oregon comes from $97,110. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 106 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $66,080, the adjusted value of that $97,110 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 106 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,270 to $130,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $69,200, from $97,110, assumes a single Oregon filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 106 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $66,080 — the adjusted value of that $97,110 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 106 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $53,270 at the bottom tenth to $130,020 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $66,080 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $69,200 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,270) and the ninetieth ($130,020) 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 $66,080 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 $69,200 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.