Food Processing Workers, All Other in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,060
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,110
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,705
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
$38,170
Kept after tax
$30,060
Worth in national money
$28,705
State rank
29
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays food processing workers, all other around $38,170 at the midpoint, 29 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, food processing workers, all other lands at 465. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,170, tax leaves $30,060 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,705 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $40,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For food processing workers, all other the Oregon median is $38,170, ranking 29 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 465 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.
- After tax, $30,060 remains from the Oregon median of $38,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,705 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $40,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,930 |
| This salary | $38,170 |
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 | $30,060 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,850 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,100 |
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 | $34,698 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,168 |
| 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 food processing workers, all other in Oregon earn under $38,170 and half over. The published range runs $30,390 at the tenth percentile to $53,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $30,060, from $38,170, 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 465 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,705 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 465.
- Figures are distribution medians for food processing workers, all other in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,390 to $53,930; 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.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,060 from $38,170. 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 465 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,705, worked from $38,170, 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 465 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $40,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,390 at the bottom tenth to $53,930 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 $28,705 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $30,060.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 $40,810. 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 ($30,390 to $53,930) 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 $28,705 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 $30,060 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.