Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,454
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$9,456
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,946
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
$42,910
Kept after tax
$33,454
Worth in national money
$31,946
State rank
16
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays this job around $42,910 at the midpoint, 16 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, this job lands at 440. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $42,910, tax leaves $33,454 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $31,946 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $44,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- For office machine operators, except computer the Oregon median is $42,910, ranking 16 of 47 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.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 440 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $33,454 remains from the Oregon median of $42,910 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $31,946 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $44,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,610 |
| This salary | $42,910 |
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 | $33,454 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,658 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,778 |
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 | $38,922 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,988 |
| 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 $42,910. The published range is $36,060 up to $55,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $33,454 take-home in Oregon comes from $42,910. 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 440 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,946, the adjusted value of that $42,910 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 440 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for office machine operators, except computer in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,060 to $55,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $33,454, from $42,910, 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 440 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $31,946 — the adjusted value of that $42,910 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 440 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $44,290, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,060 at the bottom tenth to $55,610 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 $31,946 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, $33,454 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $44,290. 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 ($36,060 to $55,610) 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 $31,946 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 $33,454 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.