Protective Service Workers, All Other in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,187
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,333
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,465
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
$49,520
Kept after tax
$38,187
Worth in national money
$36,465
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $49,520. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 370. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $49,520 the take-home is $38,187; in national-average money that behaves like $36,465. The average comes to $52,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 21 of 51 for protective service workers, all other at $49,520. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, protective service workers, all other ranks 370 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for protective service workers, all other in Oregon, on $49,520, is $38,187; deflated by the state's price level, $36,465. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,530 |
| This salary | $49,520 |
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 | $38,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,969 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,724 |
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 | $44,812 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,132 |
| 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 $49,520. The published range is $38,210 up to $73,530, 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 $38,187, worked from $49,520. 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 370 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,465, the adjusted value of that $49,520 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 370 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for protective service workers, all other in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,210 to $73,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $38,187, on $49,520 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $36,465 — the adjusted value of that $49,520 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 370 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,210 at the tenth percentile, $73,530 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 $36,465 of national purchasing power.
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 $38,187 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oregon is $52,920. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,210 to $73,530) 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 $36,465 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 $38,187 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.