Packers and Packagers, Hand in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,642
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$7,548
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,351
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
$36,190
Kept after tax
$28,642
Worth in national money
$27,351
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays packers and packagers, hand around $36,190 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 477 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $36,190 the take-home is $28,642; in national-average money that behaves like $27,351. The average comes to $37,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For packers and packagers, hand the Oregon median is $36,190, ranking 24 of 51 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.
- Packers and packagers, hand occupies position 477 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for packers and packagers, hand in Oregon, on $36,190, is $28,642; deflated by the state's price level, $27,351. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $37,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,400 |
| This salary | $36,190 |
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 | $28,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,259 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,816 |
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 | $32,934 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,825 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,190 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,100 and the ninetieth is $45,400 — 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 $28,642, worked from $36,190. 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 477 of 489.
- Two cautions on $27,351, the adjusted value of that $36,190 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 477 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $36,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,100 to $45,400. 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 $28,642, on $36,190 for work ranking 477 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 477 of 489 in the state.
- This $27,351 adjusted figure, worked from $36,190, 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 477 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 477 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $37,640, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,100 at the tenth percentile, $45,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,351 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, $28,642 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $37,640. 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 ($31,100 to $45,400) 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 $27,351 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 $28,642 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.