Software Developers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,705
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$46,015
32.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,345
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
$142,720
Kept after tax
$96,705
Worth in national money
$92,345
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for software developers. The middle earner takes $142,720, which ranks 5 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 4.96% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, software developers comes in at 17 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $142,720 the take-home is $96,705; in national-average money that behaves like $92,345. The average comes to $149,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 5 of 50 states publishing a median for software developers, at $142,720 — about 4.96% 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.
- Software developers ranks 17 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for software developers in Oregon, on $142,720, is $96,705; deflated by the state's price level, $92,345. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $149,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $142,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,540 |
| This salary | $142,720 |
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 | $96,705 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $108,815 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$19,633 |
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 | $125,002 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$27,714 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $142,720 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,070 and the ninetieth is $213,540 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $96,705, worked from $142,720. 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 17 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $92,345 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 17.
- The Oregon median of $142,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,070 to $213,540. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $96,705, on $142,720 for work ranking 17 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 17 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $92,345, worked from $142,720, 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 17 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 $149,060 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $83,070 at the bottom tenth to $213,540 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $92,345 — 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 $96,705.
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 $149,060. 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 ($83,070) and the ninetieth ($213,540) 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 $92,345 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 $96,705 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.