Recreation Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,091
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$8,519
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,689
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
$39,610
Kept after tax
$31,091
Worth in national money
$29,689
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for recreation workers is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $39,610, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 8.34% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, recreation workers lands at 455. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $39,610, tax leaves $31,091 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,689 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $42,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For recreation workers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $39,610, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 8.34% 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 455 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.
- After tax, $31,091 remains from the Oregon median of $39,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,689 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $42,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Recreation Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,730 |
| This salary | $39,610 |
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 | $31,091 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,306 |
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 | $35,981 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,417 |
| 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 recreation workers in Oregon earn under $39,610 and half over. The published range runs $32,330 at the tenth percentile to $56,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $31,091, from $39,610, 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 455 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $29,689, the adjusted value of that $39,610 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 455 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreation workers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,330 to $56,730; 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 $31,091 from $39,610. 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 455 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $29,689 — the adjusted value of that $39,610 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 455 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,330 at the bottom tenth to $56,730 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $29,689 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $31,091.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $42,990. 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 ($32,330 to $56,730) 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 $29,689 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 $31,091 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.