Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,795
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,005
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,452
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
$37,800
Kept after tax
$29,795
Worth in national money
$28,452
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for laundry and dry-cleaning workers is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $37,800, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 8.34% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 468 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,800, tax leaves $29,795 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,452 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For laundry and dry-cleaning workers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,800, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 8.34% 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.
- Laundry and dry-cleaning workers occupies position 468 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $29,795 remains from the Oregon median of $37,800 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,452 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,660 |
| This salary | $37,800 |
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 | $29,795 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,552 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,047 |
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 | $34,368 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,104 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Oregon earn under $37,800 and half over. The published range runs $34,000 at the tenth percentile to $46,660 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $29,795, from $37,800, 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 468 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 $28,452 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 468.
- Figures are distribution medians for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,000 to $46,660; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,795 from $37,800. 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 468 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,452, worked from $37,800, 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 468 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 $39,460, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,000 at the bottom tenth to $46,660 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,452 — 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 $29,795.
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 $39,460. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,000 to $46,660) 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 $28,452 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 $29,795 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.