Engineers, All Other in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,255
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$37,965
30.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,412
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
$123,220
Kept after tax
$85,255
Worth in national money
$81,412
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays engineers, all other a middle wage of $123,220, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 0.24% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, engineers, all other ranks 42 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $123,220 the take-home is $85,255; in national-average money that behaves like $81,412. The average comes to $126,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon's median for engineers, all other is $123,220, about 0.24% above the national figure and 16 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, engineers, all other sits 42 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.
- Take-home for engineers, all other in Oregon, on $123,220, is $85,255; deflated by the state's price level, $81,412. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $126,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $123,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $184,920 |
| This salary | $123,220 |
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 | $85,255 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,487 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,851 |
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 | $108,636 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,317 |
| 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 $123,220. The published range is $77,380 up to $184,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $85,255, from $123,220, 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 42 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $81,412, the adjusted value of that $123,220 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 42 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for engineers, all other in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,380 to $184,920. 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 $85,255 from $123,220. 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 42 of 489 locally.
- This $81,412 adjusted figure, worked from $123,220, 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 42 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 42 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $77,380 at the bottom tenth to $184,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $81,412 of national purchasing power.
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 $85,255 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($77,380) and the ninetieth ($184,920) 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 $81,412 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 $85,255 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.