Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,674
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$24,466
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,804
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
$88,140
Kept after tax
$63,674
Worth in national money
$60,804
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $88,140, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 15.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 123 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $88,140 the take-home is $63,674. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $60,804 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $87,990, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For police and sheriff's patrol officers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $88,140, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 15.65% 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.
- Police and sheriff's patrol officers ranks 123 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $63,674 for police and sheriff's patrol officers, from $88,140. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $60,804. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $87,990 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,350 |
| This salary | $88,140 |
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 | $63,674 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,836 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,092 |
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 | $77,959 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,703 |
| 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 $88,140. The published range is $66,380 up to $109,350, 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 $63,674, worked from $88,140. 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 123 of 489.
- Two cautions on $60,804, the adjusted value of that $88,140 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 123 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,380 to $109,350. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $63,674, on $88,140 for work ranking 123 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 123 of 489 in the state.
- This $60,804 adjusted figure, worked from $88,140, 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 123 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 123 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $66,380 and the top tenth $109,350, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $60,804 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, $63,674 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,380 to $109,350) 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 $60,804 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 $63,674 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.