Fundraisers in Oregon

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May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$48,611

after federal, FICA and Oregon tax

Tax takes

$15,469

24.1% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$46,420

Oregon costs more than average

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

$64,080

Kept after tax

$48,611

Worth in national money

$46,420

State rank

35

of 51 states

What this pays, and what it is worth

  • Oregon is among the lower-paying states for fundraisers. The middle earner takes $64,080, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 11.67% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
  • Ordinary, locally speaking. Fundraisers ranks 240 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
  • Costs eat into it here. Of $64,080, tax leaves $48,611 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,420 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $70,970, since top earners drag the number up.
  • Oregon ranks 35 of 51 for fundraisers, with a median of $64,080 — about 11.67% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
  • Position 240 of 489 in Oregon places fundraisers 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, $48,611 remains from the Oregon median of $64,080 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,420 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $70,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.

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Pay band: Fundraisers

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$48,150
Half earn under$64,080
Top tenth earn over$100,890
This salary$64,080

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

Compare with
+$5,057take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Oregon$48,611
Take-home in Texas$53,668
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity+$8,809

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

Moving to
$0now · $64,080$53,427
$53,427in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$57,787
You could take a cut of−$10,653
Prices in Texas97 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 fundraisers in Oregon earn under $64,080 and half over. The published range runs $48,150 at the tenth percentile to $100,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
  • One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $48,611, worked from $64,080. 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 240 of 489.
  • The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,420 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 240.
  • Figures are distribution medians for fundraisers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,150 to $100,890; 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.
  • The Oregon take-home of $48,611, on $64,080 for work ranking 240 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 240 of 489 in the state.
  • Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,420, worked from $64,080, 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 240 of 489 locally.

Questions people ask

Is this the average pay for the job?

No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $70,970, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.

Why is the pay range for this job so wide?

Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,150 and the top tenth $100,890 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.

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 $46,420 rather than its face figure.

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, $48,611 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.

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 $70,970. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?

Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,150) and the ninetieth ($100,890) 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 $46,420 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 $48,611 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.