Residential Advisors in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,497
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$10,663
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,851
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
$47,160
Kept after tax
$36,497
Worth in national money
$34,851
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays residential advisors a middle wage of $47,160, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 11.65% above the national middle.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, residential advisors lands at 399. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,160, tax leaves $36,497 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,851 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for residential advisors is $47,160, about 11.65% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 399 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, $36,497 remains from the Oregon median of $47,160 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,851 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,460 |
| This salary | $47,160 |
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 | $36,497 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,073 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,387 |
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 | $42,709 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,724 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,160 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,300 and the ninetieth is $62,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $36,497, from $47,160, 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 399 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 $34,851, the adjusted value of that $47,160 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 399 of 489 in the state.
- The Oregon median of $47,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,300 to $62,460. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,497 from $47,160. 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 399 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $34,851 — the adjusted value of that $47,160 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 399 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,300 at the bottom tenth to $62,460 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $34,851 rather than its face figure.
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 $36,497.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,300 to $62,460) 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 $34,851 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 $36,497 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.