Insurance Sales Agents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,893
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,787
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,779
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
$61,680
Kept after tax
$46,893
Worth in national money
$44,779
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays insurance sales agents around $61,680 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Insurance sales agents ranks 256 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $61,680 the take-home is $46,893. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,779 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $79,110, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For insurance sales agents the Oregon median is $61,680, ranking 24 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 256 of 489 in Oregon places insurance sales agents 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $46,893 for insurance sales agents, from $61,680. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,779. ⚠️ 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 $79,110 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Insurance Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,800 |
| This salary | $61,680 |
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 | $46,893 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,740 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,465 |
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 | $55,648 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,238 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $61,680. The published range is $44,660 up to $123,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,893 take-home in Oregon comes from $61,680. 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 256 of 489.
- Two cautions on $44,779, the adjusted value of that $61,680 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 256 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance sales agents in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,660 to $123,800. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,893, from $61,680, 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 256 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- This $44,779 adjusted figure, worked from $61,680, 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 256 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 256 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $79,110 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,660 and the top tenth $123,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $44,779 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $46,893.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $79,110. 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 ($44,660) and the ninetieth ($123,800) 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 $44,779 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 $46,893 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.