Database Administrators in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,140
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$29,120
29.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,933
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
$100,260
Kept after tax
$71,140
Worth in national money
$67,933
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 26 of 51 states for database administrators, with a middle wage of $100,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, database administrators ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,260, tax leaves $71,140 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $67,933 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $101,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 26 of 51 for database administrators at $100,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, database administrators sits 95 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $71,140 remains from the Oregon median of $100,260 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $67,933 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $101,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,170 |
| This salary | $100,260 |
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 | $71,140 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,363 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,737 |
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 | $88,572 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,975 |
| 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 database administrators in Oregon earn under $100,260 and half over. The published range runs $61,000 at the tenth percentile to $140,170 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $71,140, from $100,260, 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 95 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,933, the adjusted value of that $100,260 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 95 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,000 to $140,170; 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 $71,140 from $100,260. 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 95 of 489 locally.
- This $67,933 adjusted figure, worked from $100,260, 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 95 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 95 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 $61,000 and the top tenth $140,170 — 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 $67,933 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $71,140.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,000) and the ninetieth ($140,170) 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 $67,933 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 $71,140 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.