Electrical Engineers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,412
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$38,748
31.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,516
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
$125,160
Kept after tax
$86,412
Worth in national money
$82,516
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for electrical engineers. The middle earner takes $125,160, which ranks 13 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 3.76% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, electrical engineers comes in at 40 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $125,160 the take-home is $86,412. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $82,516 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $124,140, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oregon ranks 13 of 49 states publishing a median for electrical engineers, at $125,160 — about 3.76% 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.
- Electrical engineers ranks 40 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 $86,412 for electrical engineers, from $125,160. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,516. ⚠️ 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 $124,140 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $125,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,240 |
| This salary | $125,160 |
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 | $86,412 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,813 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,111 |
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 | $110,279 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,732 |
| 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 electrical engineers in Oregon earn under $125,160 and half over. The published range runs $83,500 at the tenth percentile to $166,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $86,412 take-home in Oregon comes from $125,160. 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 40 of 489.
- Two cautions on $82,516, the adjusted value of that $125,160 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 40 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical engineers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,500 to $166,240; 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.
- Retained pay of $86,412, from $125,160, 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 40 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 49 for it.
- This $82,516 adjusted figure, worked from $125,160, 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 40 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 40 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $83,500 and the top tenth $166,240, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $82,516 of national purchasing power.
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 $86,412.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($83,500 to $166,240) 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 $82,516 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 $86,412 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.