Funeral Attendants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,621
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,729
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,195
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
$40,350
Kept after tax
$31,621
Worth in national money
$30,195
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for funeral attendants is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $40,350, putting the state 13 of 48 — about 13.09% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, funeral attendants lands at 449. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $40,350 the take-home is $31,621. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $30,195 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $40,490, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For funeral attendants, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $40,350, ranking 13 of 48 and running about 13.09% 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 449 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $31,621 for funeral attendants, from $40,350. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,195. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $40,490 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,320 |
| This salary | $40,350 |
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 | $31,621 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,601 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,412 |
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 | $36,641 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,545 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,350 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,630 and the ninetieth is $46,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $31,621 take-home in Oregon comes from $40,350. 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 449 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,195, the adjusted value of that $40,350 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 449 of 489 in the state.
- The Oregon median of $40,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,630 to $46,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $31,621, from $40,350, 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 449 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $30,195 — the adjusted value of that $40,350 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 449 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,630 and the top tenth $46,320, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $30,195 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 $31,621 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 48 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 ($36,630 to $46,320) 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 $30,195 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 $31,621 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.