Insurance Underwriters in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,167
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$21,033
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,545
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
$79,200
Kept after tax
$58,167
Worth in national money
$55,545
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 26 of 49 states for insurance underwriters, with a middle wage of $79,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Insurance underwriters ranks 161 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $79,200 the take-home is $58,167. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $55,545 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $87,660, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon ranks 26 of 49 for insurance underwriters at $79,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 161 of 489 in Oregon places insurance underwriters 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 $58,167 for insurance underwriters, from $79,200. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,545. ⚠️ 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 $87,660 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Insurance Underwriters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,760 |
| This salary | $79,200 |
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 | $58,167 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,547 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,879 |
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 | $70,131 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,737 |
| 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 $79,200. The published range is $61,620 up to $124,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $58,167, worked from $79,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 161 of 489.
- Two cautions on $55,545, the adjusted value of that $79,200 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 161 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance underwriters in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,620 to $124,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $58,167, on $79,200 for work ranking 161 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 161 of 489 in the state.
- This $55,545 adjusted figure, worked from $79,200, 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 161 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 161 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $87,660, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,620 and the top tenth $124,760 — 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 $55,545 — 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 $58,167.
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.
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 $87,660. 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 ($61,620) and the ninetieth ($124,760) 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 $55,545 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 $58,167 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.