Sheet Metal Workers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,810
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$18,940
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,339
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
$73,750
Kept after tax
$54,810
Worth in national money
$52,339
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for sheet metal workers. The middle earner takes $73,750, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 19.34% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 204.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $73,750 the take-home is $54,810; in national-average money that behaves like $52,339. The average comes to $80,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for sheet metal workers, at $73,750 — about 19.34% 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.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, sheet metal workers sits at 204 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 sheet metal workers in Oregon, on $73,750, is $54,810; deflated by the state's price level, $52,339. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $80,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,600 |
| This salary | $73,750 |
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 | $54,810 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,713 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,139 |
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 | $65,501 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,164 |
| 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 $73,750. The published range is $48,150 up to $120,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $54,810 take-home in Oregon comes from $73,750. 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 204 of 489.
- Two cautions on $52,339, the adjusted value of that $73,750 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 204 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for sheet metal workers in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,150 to $120,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $54,810, from $73,750, 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 204 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 50 for it.
- This $52,339 adjusted figure, worked from $73,750, 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 204 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 204 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 $80,290, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,150 at the bottom tenth to $120,600 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $52,339 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 $54,810.
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 50 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 $80,290. 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 ($48,150) and the ninetieth ($120,600) 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 $52,339 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 $54,810 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.