Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,499
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$34,331
30.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,915
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
$113,830
Kept after tax
$79,499
Worth in national money
$75,915
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $113,830, which ranks 15 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 8.49% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 56 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $113,830 the take-home is $79,499. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $75,915 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $132,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon ranks 15 of 49 states publishing a median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, at $113,830 — about 8.49% 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.
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 56 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $79,499 for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, from $113,830. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $75,915. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $132,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $199,750 |
| This salary | $113,830 |
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 | $79,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,909 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,579 |
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 | $100,454 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,519 |
| 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 sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Oregon earn under $113,830 and half over. The published range runs $64,360 at the tenth percentile to $199,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $79,499, worked from $113,830. 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 56 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,915, the adjusted value of that $113,830 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 56 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,360 to $199,750; 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.
- The Oregon take-home of $79,499, on $113,830 for work ranking 56 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 56 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $75,915 — the adjusted value of that $113,830 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 56 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 $132,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $64,360 at the bottom tenth to $199,750 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $75,915 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $79,499 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $132,750. 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 ($64,360) and the ninetieth ($199,750) 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 $75,915 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 $79,499 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.