Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,771
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,979
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,204
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
$44,750
Kept after tax
$34,771
Worth in national money
$33,204
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $44,750, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 11.21% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 425. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,750 the take-home is $34,771; in national-average money that behaves like $33,204. The average comes to $45,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,750, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 11.21% 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, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ranks 425 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 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Oregon, on $44,750, is $34,771; deflated by the state's price level, $33,204. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $45,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,010 |
| This salary | $44,750 |
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 | $34,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,137 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,042 |
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 | $40,562 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,307 |
| 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 $44,750. The published range is $34,820 up to $58,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,771 take-home in Oregon comes from $44,750. 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 425 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,204 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 425.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,820 to $58,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,771, from $44,750, 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 425 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,204, worked from $44,750, 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 425 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,820 at the tenth percentile, $58,010 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $33,204 rather than its face figure.
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 $34,771.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,820 to $58,010) 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 $33,204 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 $34,771 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.