Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,779
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$26,401
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,769
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
$93,180
Kept after tax
$66,779
Worth in national money
$63,769
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oregon. The middle earner gets $93,180. That is 35 of 50 states, and about 3.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 117 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $93,180 the take-home is $66,779; in national-average money that behaves like $63,769. The average lands at $91,410, below the middle of the range.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents, Oregon sits in the lower band at $93,180, ranking 35 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 3.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 117 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for postmasters and mail superintendents in Oregon, on $93,180, is $66,779; deflated by the state's price level, $63,769. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $91,410 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,850 |
| This salary | $93,180 |
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 | $66,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,382 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,776 |
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 | $82,373 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,648 |
| 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 $93,180. The published range is $69,060 up to $106,850, 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 $66,779, worked from $93,180. 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 117 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,769 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 117.
- Reported values are medians; for postmasters and mail superintendents in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $69,060 to $106,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $66,779, on $93,180 for work ranking 117 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 117 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,769, worked from $93,180, 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 117 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $69,060 at the tenth percentile, $106,850 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 $63,769 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, $66,779 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,060 to $106,850) 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 $63,769 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 $66,779 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.