Floral Designers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,757
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,973
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,190
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
$44,730
Kept after tax
$34,757
Worth in national money
$33,190
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for floral designers is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $44,730, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 19.73% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, floral designers lands at 426. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,730 the take-home is $34,757; in national-average money that behaves like $33,190. The average lands at $43,590, below the middle of the range.
- For floral designers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,730, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 19.73% 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, this work ranks 426 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for floral designers in Oregon, on $44,730, is $34,757; deflated by the state's price level, $33,190. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,590 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,620 |
| This salary | $44,730 |
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 | $34,757 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,039 |
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 | $40,544 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,303 |
| 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 floral designers in Oregon earn under $44,730 and half over. The published range runs $36,590 at the tenth percentile to $49,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,757 take-home in Oregon comes from $44,730. 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 426 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,190 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 426.
- Figures are distribution medians for floral designers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,590 to $49,620; 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 $34,757, from $44,730, 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 426 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,190, worked from $44,730, 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 426 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,590 and the top tenth $49,620, 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 $33,190 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $34,757 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,590 to $49,620) 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 $33,190 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 $34,757 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.