Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,444
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$7,866
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,117
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
$37,310
Kept after tax
$29,444
Worth in national money
$28,117
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays shuttle drivers and chauffeurs around $37,310 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs lands at 471. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $37,310 the take-home is $29,444; in national-average money that behaves like $28,117. The average comes to $41,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For shuttle drivers and chauffeurs the Oregon median is $37,310, ranking 20 of 51 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.
- Within Oregon, this work ranks 471 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs in Oregon, on $37,310, is $29,444; deflated by the state's price level, $28,117. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $41,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,110 |
| This salary | $37,310 |
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 | $29,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,159 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,977 |
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 | $33,932 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,019 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,310 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,090 and the ninetieth is $53,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $29,444, from $37,310, 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 471 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $28,117, the adjusted value of that $37,310 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 471 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $37,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,090 to $53,110. 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 $29,444 from $37,310. 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 471 of 489 locally.
- This $28,117 adjusted figure, worked from $37,310, 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 471 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 471 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 $41,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,090 and the top tenth $53,110, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $28,117 of national purchasing power.
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 $29,444 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $41,320. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,090 to $53,110) 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 $28,117 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 $29,444 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.