Real Estate Sales Agents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,843
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,767
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,731
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
$61,610
Kept after tax
$46,843
Worth in national money
$44,731
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for real estate sales agents. The middle earner takes $61,610, which ranks 13 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 16.62% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 257.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $61,610, tax leaves $46,843 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,731 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $65,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 13 of 48 states publishing a median for real estate sales agents, at $61,610 — about 16.62% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, real estate sales agents sits at 257 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $46,843 remains from the Oregon median of $61,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,731 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $65,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,020 |
| This salary | $61,610 |
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 | $46,843 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,455 |
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 | $55,585 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,225 |
| 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 $61,610. The published range is $37,100 up to $105,020, 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 $46,843, worked from $61,610. 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 257 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,731, the adjusted value of that $61,610 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 257 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for real estate sales agents in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,100 to $105,020. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $46,843, on $61,610 for work ranking 257 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 257 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $44,731 — the adjusted value of that $61,610 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 257 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $65,740, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,100 at the bottom tenth to $105,020 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,731 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, $46,843 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $65,740. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,100) and the ninetieth ($105,020) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $44,731 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 $46,843 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.