Parking Attendants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,461
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,269
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,088
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
$38,730
Kept after tax
$30,461
Worth in national money
$29,088
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for parking attendants is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $38,730, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 10.18% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, parking attendants ranks 460. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $38,730, tax leaves $30,461 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,088 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- For parking attendants, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $38,730, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 10.18% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, parking attendants ranks 460 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $30,461 remains from the Oregon median of $38,730 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,088 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,220 |
| This salary | $38,730 |
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 | $30,461 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,300 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,180 |
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 | $35,197 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,265 |
| 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 $38,730. The published range is $34,170 up to $46,220, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $30,461, worked from $38,730. 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 460 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,088 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 460.
- Reported values are medians; for parking attendants in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,170 to $46,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $30,461, on $38,730 for work ranking 460 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 460 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,088, worked from $38,730, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 460 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,170 at the bottom tenth to $46,220 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $29,088 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, $30,461 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,170 to $46,220) 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 $29,088 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 $30,461 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.