Emergency Management Directors in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,584
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$33,136
29.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,086
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
$110,720
Kept after tax
$77,584
Worth in national money
$74,086
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $110,720, putting the state 9 of 47 — about 18.63% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 61 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $110,720, tax leaves $77,584 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,086 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $119,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- For emergency management directors, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,720, ranking 9 of 47 and running about 18.63% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Oregon, emergency management directors ranks 61 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $77,584 remains from the Oregon median of $110,720 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,086 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $119,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Emergency Management Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,380 |
| This salary | $110,720 |
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 | $77,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,722 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,157 |
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 | $97,731 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,936 |
| 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 $110,720. The published range is $84,200 up to $162,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $77,584, from $110,720, 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 61 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,086, the adjusted value of that $110,720 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 61 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for emergency management directors in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $84,200 to $162,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $77,584 from $110,720. 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 61 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $74,086 — the adjusted value of that $110,720 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 61 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $119,710, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $84,200 at the bottom tenth to $162,380 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 $74,086 — 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 $77,584 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $119,710. 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 ($84,200 to $162,380) 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 $74,086 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 $77,584 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.