First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,140
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$29,120
29.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,933
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
$100,260
Kept after tax
$71,140
Worth in national money
$67,933
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $100,260, putting the state 11 of 50 — about 7.2% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 96 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,260 the take-home is $71,140; in national-average money that behaves like $67,933. The average comes to $101,470, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,260, ranking 11 of 50 and running about 7.2% 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, first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ranks 96 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.
- Take-home for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Oregon, on $100,260, is $71,140; deflated by the state's price level, $67,933. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $101,470 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,660 |
| This salary | $100,260 |
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 | $71,140 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,363 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,737 |
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 | $88,572 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,975 |
| 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 $100,260. The published range is $75,350 up to $127,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $71,140, from $100,260, 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 96 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 $67,933, the adjusted value of that $100,260 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 96 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,350 to $127,660. 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 $71,140 from $100,260. 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 96 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $67,933 — the adjusted value of that $100,260 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 96 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,350 at the tenth percentile, $127,660 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $67,933 rather than its face figure.
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 $71,140 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,350 to $127,660) 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 $67,933 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 $71,140 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.