Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,344
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,396
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,615
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
$49,740
Kept after tax
$38,344
Worth in national money
$36,615
State rank
5
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $49,740, ranking 5 of 46 states and sitting about 16.3% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 366 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,740, tax leaves $38,344 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,615 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood is $49,740, about 16.3% above the national figure and 5 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ranks 366 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $38,344 remains from the Oregon median of $49,740 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,615 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,250 |
| This salary | $49,740 |
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 | $38,344 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,146 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,756 |
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 | $45,008 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,171 |
| 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 $49,740. The published range is $37,370 up to $59,250, 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 $38,344, worked from $49,740. 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 366 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,615, the adjusted value of that $49,740 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 366 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,370 to $59,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $38,344, on $49,740 for work ranking 366 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 366 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $36,615 — the adjusted value of that $49,740 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 366 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,370 at the bottom tenth to $59,250 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 $36,615 — 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 $38,344.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,370 to $59,250) 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 $36,615 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 $38,344 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.