Detectives and Criminal Investigators in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,569
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$31,881
29.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,163
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
$107,450
Kept after tax
$75,569
Worth in national money
$72,163
State rank
11
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 $107,450, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.56% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 67 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $107,450, tax leaves $75,569 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $72,163 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $113,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for detectives and criminal investigators, at $107,450 — about 14.56% 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.
- Detectives and criminal investigators ranks 67 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.
- After tax, $75,569 remains from the Oregon median of $107,450 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $72,163 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $113,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Detectives and Criminal Investigators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,060 |
| This salary | $107,450 |
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 | $75,569 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,421 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,713 |
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 | $94,868 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,323 |
| 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 $107,450. The published range is $81,990 up to $158,060, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $75,569 take-home in Oregon comes from $107,450. 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 67 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,163, the adjusted value of that $107,450 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 67 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for detectives and criminal investigators in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,990 to $158,060. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $75,569, from $107,450, 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 67 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $72,163 — the adjusted value of that $107,450 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 67 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $113,430, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $81,990 at the bottom tenth to $158,060 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $72,163 — 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 $75,569 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oregon is $113,430. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($81,990 to $158,060) 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 $72,163 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 $75,569 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.