Helpers--Production Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,229
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$10,161
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,641
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
$45,390
Kept after tax
$35,229
Worth in national money
$33,641
State rank
6
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--production workers is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $45,390, putting the state 6 of 49 — about 16.18% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--production workers ranks 415. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $45,390 the take-home is $35,229; in national-average money that behaves like $33,641. The average comes to $45,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For helpers--production workers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,390, ranking 6 of 49 and running about 16.18% 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.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, helpers--production workers ranks 415 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for helpers--production workers in Oregon, on $45,390, is $35,229; deflated by the state's price level, $33,641. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,850 |
| This salary | $45,390 |
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 | $35,229 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,651 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,133 |
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 | $41,132 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,418 |
| 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--production workers in Oregon earn under $45,390 and half over. The published range runs $35,560 at the tenth percentile to $56,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,229 take-home in Oregon comes from $45,390. 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 415 of 489.
- Two cautions on $33,641, the adjusted value of that $45,390 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 415 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--production workers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,560 to $56,850; 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 $35,229, from $45,390, 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 415 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 49 for it.
- This $33,641 adjusted figure, worked from $45,390, 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 415 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,560 at the tenth percentile, $56,850 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $33,641 of national purchasing power.
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 $35,229 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 ($35,560 to $56,850) 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 $33,641 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 $35,229 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.