Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,733
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,567
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,212
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
$43,300
Kept after tax
$33,733
Worth in national money
$32,212
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $43,300, which ranks 16 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 9.26% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 437 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $43,300, tax leaves $33,733 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $32,212 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $44,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 16 of 50 states publishing a median for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, at $43,300 — about 9.26% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers occupies position 437 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $33,733 remains from the Oregon median of $43,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $32,212 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $44,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,530 |
| This salary | $43,300 |
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 | $33,733 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,972 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,834 |
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 | $39,269 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,056 |
| 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 helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Oregon earn under $43,300 and half over. The published range runs $31,220 at the tenth percentile to $59,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $33,733, from $43,300, 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 437 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,212, the adjusted value of that $43,300 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 437 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,220 to $59,530; 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 $33,733 from $43,300. 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 437 of 489 locally.
- This $32,212 adjusted figure, worked from $43,300, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 437 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 437 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,220 at the bottom tenth to $59,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,212 rather than its face figure.
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 $33,733.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,220 to $59,530) 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 $32,212 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 $33,733 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.