Postal Service Clerks in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,070
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,460
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,993
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
$60,530
Kept after tax
$46,070
Worth in national money
$43,993
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is among the lower-paying states for postal service clerks. The middle earner takes $60,530, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 2.58% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 270 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,530, tax leaves $46,070 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $43,993 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $60,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 39 of 51 for postal service clerks, with a median of $60,530 — about 2.58% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Postal service clerks ranks 270 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.
- After tax, $46,070 remains from the Oregon median of $60,530 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $43,993 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $60,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Postal Service Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $60,530 |
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 | $46,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,816 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,300 |
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 | $54,623 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,038 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of postal service clerks in Oregon earn under $60,530 and half over. The published range runs $42,600 at the tenth percentile to $75,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $46,070, worked from $60,530. 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 270 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,993, the adjusted value of that $60,530 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 270 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for postal service clerks in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,600 to $75,030; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Oregon take-home of $46,070, on $60,530 for work ranking 270 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 270 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $43,993 — the adjusted value of that $60,530 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 270 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,600 at the bottom tenth to $75,030 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 $43,993 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, $46,070 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 ($42,600 to $75,030) 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 $43,993 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 $46,070 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.