Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,852
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,598
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,101
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
$50,450
Kept after tax
$38,852
Worth in national money
$37,101
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays locksmiths and safe repairers around $50,450 at the midpoint, 26 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 353 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $50,450 the take-home is $38,852. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $37,101 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $59,010, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For locksmiths and safe repairers the Oregon median is $50,450, ranking 26 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 353 of 489 in Oregon places locksmiths and safe repairers 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $38,852 for locksmiths and safe repairers, from $50,450. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,101. ⚠️ 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 $59,010 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,130 |
| This salary | $50,450 |
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 | $38,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,717 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,858 |
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 | $45,641 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,294 |
| 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 locksmiths and safe repairers in Oregon earn under $50,450 and half over. The published range runs $38,480 at the tenth percentile to $75,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,852 take-home in Oregon comes from $50,450. 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 353 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,101, the adjusted value of that $50,450 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 353 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for locksmiths and safe repairers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,480 to $75,130; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,852, from $50,450, 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 353 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $37,101 — the adjusted value of that $50,450 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 353 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 $59,010 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 $38,480 at the bottom tenth to $75,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $37,101 of national purchasing power.
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, $38,852 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $59,010. 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 ($38,480) and the ninetieth ($75,130) 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 $37,101 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 $38,852 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.