Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,907
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$41,183
31.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,854
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
$131,090
Kept after tax
$89,907
Worth in national money
$85,854
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $131,090, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 37.53% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $131,090 the take-home is $89,907. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $85,854 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $123,490, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oregon's median for electrical power-line installers and repairers is $131,090, about 37.53% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 30 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 $89,907 for electrical power-line installers and repairers, from $131,090. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,854. ⚠️ 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 $123,490 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $153,860 |
| This salary | $131,090 |
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 | $89,907 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,866 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,944 |
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 | $115,249 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,051 |
| 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 power-line installers and repairers in Oregon earn under $131,090 and half over. The published range runs $77,330 at the tenth percentile to $153,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $89,907 take-home in Oregon comes from $131,090. 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 30 of 489.
- Two cautions on $85,854, the adjusted value of that $131,090 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 30 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,330 to $153,860; 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 $89,907, from $131,090, 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 30 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- This $85,854 adjusted figure, worked from $131,090, 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 30 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 30 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 $123,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,330 and the top tenth $153,860, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $85,854 — 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 $89,907.
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 $123,490. 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 ($77,330 to $153,860) 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 $85,854 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 $89,907 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.