File Clerks in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,003
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,657
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,244
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
$50,660
Kept after tax
$39,003
Worth in national money
$37,244
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for file clerks. The middle earner takes $50,660, which ranks 1 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 16.19% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. File clerks ranks 352 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $50,660, tax leaves $39,003 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $37,244 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,890, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 1 of 49 states publishing a median for file clerks, at $50,660 — about 16.19% 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.
- Position 352 of 489 in Oregon places file clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $39,003 remains from the Oregon median of $50,660 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $37,244 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,890 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: File Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,240 |
| This salary | $50,660 |
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 | $39,003 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,885 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,888 |
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 | $45,828 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,330 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,660 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,860 and the ninetieth is $67,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $39,003, worked from $50,660. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 352 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,244 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 352.
- The Oregon median of $50,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,860 to $67,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $39,003, on $50,660 for work ranking 352 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 352 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,244, worked from $50,660, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 352 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,860 at the bottom tenth to $67,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,244 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $39,003 remains.
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 ($33,860 to $67,240) 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 $37,244 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 $39,003 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.