Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,652
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$10,328
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,045
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
$45,980
Kept after tax
$35,652
Worth in national money
$34,045
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays slaughterers and meat packers a middle wage of $45,980, ranking 7 of 47 states and sitting about 14.58% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 412. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,980, tax leaves $35,652 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,045 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $43,570.
- Oregon's median for slaughterers and meat packers is $45,980, about 14.58% above the national figure and 7 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 412 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $35,652 remains from the Oregon median of $45,980 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,045 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $43,570 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,770 |
| This salary | $45,980 |
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 | $35,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,125 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,218 |
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 | $41,658 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,520 |
| 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 slaughterers and meat packers in Oregon earn under $45,980 and half over. The published range runs $36,180 at the tenth percentile to $50,770 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 $35,652, worked from $45,980. 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 412 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,045 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 412.
- Figures are distribution medians for slaughterers and meat packers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,180 to $50,770; 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 $35,652, on $45,980 for work ranking 412 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 412 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,045, worked from $45,980, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 412 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $43,570, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,180 at the bottom tenth to $50,770 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,045 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, $35,652 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 $43,570. 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 ($36,180 to $50,770) 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 $34,045 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 $35,652 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.