Operations Research Analysts in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,317
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$29,853
29.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,057
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
$102,170
Kept after tax
$72,317
Worth in national money
$69,057
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays operations research analysts a middle wage of $102,170, ranking 7 of 47 states and sitting about 14.88% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 87 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $102,170, tax leaves $72,317 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,057 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $103,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for operations research analysts is $102,170, about 14.88% above the national figure and 7 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Oregon, operations research analysts ranks 87 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $72,317 remains from the Oregon median of $102,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,057 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $103,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,710 |
| This salary | $102,170 |
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 | $72,317 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,707 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,996 |
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 | $90,244 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,333 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,170 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,600 and the ninetieth is $145,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $72,317, worked from $102,170. 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 87 of 489.
- Two cautions on $69,057, the adjusted value of that $102,170 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 87 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $102,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,600 to $145,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $72,317, on $102,170 for work ranking 87 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 87 of 489 in the state.
- This $69,057 adjusted figure, worked from $102,170, 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 87 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 87 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $65,600, the highest tenth $145,710, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $69,057 of national purchasing power.
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 $72,317.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,600) and the ninetieth ($145,710) 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 $69,057 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 $72,317 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.