Interpreters and Translators in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,201
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$16,099
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,938
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
$66,300
Kept after tax
$50,201
Worth in national money
$47,938
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays interpreters and translators a middle wage of $66,300, ranking 10 of 47 states and sitting about 10.19% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 229 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $66,300 the take-home is $50,201. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,938 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $68,870, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon's median for interpreters and translators is $66,300, about 10.19% above the national figure and 10 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Interpreters and translators ranks 229 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $50,201 for interpreters and translators, from $66,300. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,938. ⚠️ 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 $68,870 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Interpreters and Translators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,770 |
| This salary | $66,300 |
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 | $50,201 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,452 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,126 |
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 | $59,765 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,037 |
| 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 $66,300. The published range is $47,090 up to $95,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,201 take-home in Oregon comes from $66,300. 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 229 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,938 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 229.
- Reported values are medians; for interpreters and translators in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,090 to $95,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,201, from $66,300, 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 229 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,938, worked from $66,300, 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 229 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $68,870, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,090, the highest tenth $95,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $47,938 of national purchasing power.
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 $50,201.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $68,870. 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 ($47,090) and the ninetieth ($95,770) 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 $47,938 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 $50,201 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.