Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,179
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$32,261
29.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,745
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
$108,440
Kept after tax
$76,179
Worth in national money
$72,745
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $108,440, which ranks 10 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 3.97% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 66 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $108,440 the take-home is $76,179; in national-average money that behaves like $72,745. The average comes to $115,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 10 of 46 states publishing a median for software quality assurance analysts and testers, at $108,440 — about 3.97% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, software quality assurance analysts and testers sits 66 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for software quality assurance analysts and testers in Oregon, on $108,440, is $76,179; deflated by the state's price level, $72,745. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $115,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $184,060 |
| This salary | $108,440 |
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 | $76,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,118 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,847 |
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 | $95,735 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,508 |
| 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 software quality assurance analysts and testers in Oregon earn under $108,440 and half over. The published range runs $57,640 at the tenth percentile to $184,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $76,179 take-home in Oregon comes from $108,440. 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 66 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,745, the adjusted value of that $108,440 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 66 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for software quality assurance analysts and testers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,640 to $184,060; 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.
- Retained pay of $76,179, from $108,440, 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 66 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $72,745 — the adjusted value of that $108,440 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 66 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 $115,840, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $57,640 and the top tenth $184,060 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $72,745 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 $76,179 of this wage survives to your account.
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 46 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 $115,840. 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 ($57,640) and the ninetieth ($184,060) 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 $72,745 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 $76,179 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.