Materials Engineers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,035
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$37,815
30.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,201
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
$122,850
Kept after tax
$85,035
Worth in national money
$81,201
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays materials engineers a middle wage of $122,850, ranking 11 of 45 states and sitting about 8.85% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, materials engineers comes in at 43 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $122,850 the take-home is $85,035. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $81,201 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $123,400, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon's median for materials engineers is $122,850, about 8.85% above the national figure and 11 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Materials engineers ranks 43 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $85,035 for materials engineers, from $122,850. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $81,201. ⚠️ 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 $123,400 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Materials Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,600 |
| This salary | $122,850 |
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 | $85,035 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,234 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,801 |
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 | $108,322 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,238 |
| 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 materials engineers in Oregon earn under $122,850 and half over. The published range runs $79,040 at the tenth percentile to $162,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $85,035, from $122,850, 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 43 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $81,201, the adjusted value of that $122,850 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 43 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for materials engineers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $79,040 to $162,600; 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 $85,035 from $122,850. 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 43 of 489 locally.
- This $81,201 adjusted figure, worked from $122,850, 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 43 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 43 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $79,040 at the bottom tenth to $162,600 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $81,201 rather than its face figure.
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, $85,035 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,040 to $162,600) 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 $81,201 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 $85,035 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.