Printing Press Operators in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,642
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,118
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,945
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
$48,760
Kept after tax
$37,642
Worth in national money
$35,945
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for printing press operators is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $48,760, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 6.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, printing press operators lands at 385. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $48,760 the take-home is $37,642. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,945 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $50,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For printing press operators, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,760, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 6.51% 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, this work ranks 385 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $37,642 for printing press operators, from $48,760. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,945. ⚠️ 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 $50,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Printing Press Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,510 |
| This salary | $48,760 |
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 | $37,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,359 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,616 |
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 | $44,135 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,001 |
| 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 printing press operators in Oregon earn under $48,760 and half over. The published range runs $37,270 at the tenth percentile to $63,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $37,642, from $48,760, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 385 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,945 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 385.
- Figures are distribution medians for printing press operators in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,270 to $63,510; 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.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,642 from $48,760. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 385 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,945, worked from $48,760, 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 385 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,270 and the top tenth $63,510, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $35,945 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,642 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($37,270 to $63,510) 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 $35,945 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 $37,642 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.