Legal Support Workers, All Other in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,306
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,554
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,218
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
$60,860
Kept after tax
$46,306
Worth in national money
$44,218
State rank
31
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for legal support workers, all other is on the low side in Oregon. The middle earner gets $60,860. That is 31 of 45 states, and about 15.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Legal support workers, all other ranks 266 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $60,860 the take-home is $46,306; in national-average money that behaves like $44,218. The average comes to $70,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For legal support workers, all other, Oregon sits in the lower band at $60,860, ranking 31 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 15.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 266 of 489 in Oregon places legal support workers, all other 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.
- Take-home for legal support workers, all other in Oregon, on $60,860, is $46,306; deflated by the state's price level, $44,218. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $70,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,590 |
| This salary | $60,860 |
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 | $46,306 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,081 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,348 |
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 | $54,917 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,096 |
| 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 legal support workers, all other in Oregon earn under $60,860 and half over. The published range runs $37,220 at the tenth percentile to $127,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $46,306, worked from $60,860. 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 266 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,218 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 266.
- Figures are distribution medians for legal support workers, all other in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,220 to $127,590; 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.
- The Oregon take-home of $46,306, on $60,860 for work ranking 266 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 266 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,218, worked from $60,860, 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 266 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 $70,620 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,220 at the bottom tenth to $127,590 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,218 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $46,306 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $70,620. 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 ($37,220) and the ninetieth ($127,590) 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 $44,218 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 $46,306 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.