Library Assistants, Clerical in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,996
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,275
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,508
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
$42,270
Kept after tax
$32,996
Worth in national money
$31,508
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for library assistants, clerical is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $42,270, putting the state 8 of 50 — about 14.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, library assistants, clerical ranks 441. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $42,270, tax leaves $32,996 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $31,508 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,660, since top earners drag the number up.
- For library assistants, clerical, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,270, ranking 8 of 50 and running about 14.52% 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, library assistants, clerical ranks 441 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.
- After tax, $32,996 remains from the Oregon median of $42,270 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $31,508 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,660 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,560 |
| This salary | $42,270 |
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 | $32,996 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,144 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,687 |
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 | $38,352 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,877 |
| 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 $42,270. The published range is $33,160 up to $50,560, 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 $32,996, worked from $42,270. 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 441 of 489.
- Two cautions on $31,508, the adjusted value of that $42,270 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 441 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for library assistants, clerical in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,160 to $50,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $32,996, on $42,270 for work ranking 441 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 441 of 489 in the state.
- This $31,508 adjusted figure, worked from $42,270, 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 441 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 441 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,160 at the bottom tenth to $50,560 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 $31,508 — 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 $32,996.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,160 to $50,560) 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 $31,508 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 $32,996 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.