Roofers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,953
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,017
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,926
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
$58,970
Kept after tax
$44,953
Worth in national money
$42,926
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 roofers, with a middle wage of $58,970. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 284.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $58,970, tax leaves $44,953 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,926 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $61,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 21 of 51 for roofers at $58,970. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, roofers sits at 284 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, $44,953 remains from the Oregon median of $58,970 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,926 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $61,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,700 |
| This salary | $58,970 |
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 | $44,953 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,077 |
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 | $53,233 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,768 |
| 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 $58,970. The published range is $45,880 up to $95,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $44,953 take-home in Oregon comes from $58,970. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 284 of 489.
- Two cautions on $42,926, the adjusted value of that $58,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 284 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for roofers in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,880 to $95,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $44,953, from $58,970, assumes a single Oregon filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 284 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- This $42,926 adjusted figure, worked from $58,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 284 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 284 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 $61,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,880, the highest tenth $95,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,926 rather than its face figure.
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, $44,953 remains.
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.
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 $61,510. 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 ($45,880) and the ninetieth ($95,700) 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 $42,926 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 $44,953 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.