Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,645
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,515
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,903
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
$50,160
Kept after tax
$38,645
Worth in national money
$36,903
State rank
26
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays this job around $50,160 at the midpoint, 26 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 357.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $50,160 the take-home is $38,645; in national-average money that behaves like $36,903. The average comes to $55,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders the Oregon median is $50,160, ranking 26 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 357 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.
- Take-home for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oregon, on $50,160, is $38,645; deflated by the state's price level, $36,903. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $55,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,020 |
| This salary | $50,160 |
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 | $38,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,816 |
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 | $45,382 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,243 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,160 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,880 and the ninetieth is $79,020 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $38,645, from $50,160, 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 357 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,903, the adjusted value of that $50,160 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 357 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $50,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,880 to $79,020. 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 $38,645 from $50,160. 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 357 of 489 locally.
- This $36,903 adjusted figure, worked from $50,160, 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 357 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 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 $55,770 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,880, the highest tenth $79,020, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $36,903 of national purchasing power.
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, $38,645 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $55,770. 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 ($36,880) and the ninetieth ($79,020) 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 $36,903 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 $38,645 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.