Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,607
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,913
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,046
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
$44,520
Kept after tax
$34,607
Worth in national money
$33,046
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $44,520, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 18.88% above the national middle.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, this job lands at 428. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,520 the take-home is $34,607; in national-average money that behaves like $33,046. The average comes to $45,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for cooks, institution and cafeteria, at $44,520 — about 18.88% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 428 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for cooks, institution and cafeteria in Oregon, on $44,520, is $34,607; deflated by the state's price level, $33,046. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,790 |
| This salary | $44,520 |
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 | $34,607 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,952 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,009 |
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 | $40,357 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,267 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,520 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,690 and the ninetieth is $57,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,607 take-home in Oregon comes from $44,520. 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 428 of 489.
- Two cautions on $33,046, the adjusted value of that $44,520 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 428 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $44,520 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,690 to $57,790. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,607, from $44,520, 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 428 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $33,046 adjusted figure, worked from $44,520, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 428 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 428 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,690 at the tenth percentile, $57,790 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 $33,046 of national purchasing power.
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 $34,607 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,690 to $57,790) 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 $33,046 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 $34,607 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.