Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,074
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,686
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,313
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
$50,760
Kept after tax
$39,074
Worth in national money
$37,313
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $50,760, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 9.35% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 349 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $50,760, tax leaves $39,074 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $37,313 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $52,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for industrial truck and tractor operators is $50,760, about 9.35% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 349 of 489 in Oregon places industrial truck and tractor operators 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, $39,074 remains from the Oregon median of $50,760 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $37,313 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $52,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,150 |
| This salary | $50,760 |
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 | $39,074 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,966 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,902 |
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 | $45,917 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,347 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,760 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,410 and the ninetieth is $63,150 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $39,074, from $50,760, 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 349 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 $37,313 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 349.
- The Oregon median of $50,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,410 to $63,150. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,074 from $50,760. 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 349 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,313, worked from $50,760, 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 349 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,410 at the bottom tenth to $63,150 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $37,313 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 $39,074 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,410 to $63,150) 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 $37,313 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 $39,074 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.