Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,163
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$27,887
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,045
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
$97,050
Kept after tax
$69,163
Worth in national money
$66,045
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $97,050, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 52.12% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 108 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $97,050 the take-home is $69,163; in national-average money that behaves like $66,045. The average comes to $98,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,050, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 52.12% 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.
- Within Oregon, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ranks 108 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.
- Take-home for plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Oregon, on $97,050, is $69,163; deflated by the state's price level, $66,045. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $98,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,100 |
| This salary | $97,050 |
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 | $69,163 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,301 |
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 | $85,761 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,373 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,050 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,230 and the ninetieth is $147,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $69,163 take-home in Oregon comes from $97,050. 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 108 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,045 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 108.
- The Oregon median of $97,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,230 to $147,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $69,163, from $97,050, 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 108 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,045, worked from $97,050, 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 108 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $58,230, the highest tenth $147,100, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $66,045 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, $69,163 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,230) and the ninetieth ($147,100) 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 $66,045 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 $69,163 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.