Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,676
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$13,114
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,752
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
$55,790
Kept after tax
$42,676
Worth in national money
$40,752
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 29 of 50 states for surveying and mapping technicians, with a middle wage of $55,790. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 312.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $55,790, tax leaves $42,676 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,752 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $58,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 29 of 50 for surveying and mapping technicians at $55,790. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, surveying and mapping technicians sits at 312 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.
- After tax, $42,676 remains from the Oregon median of $55,790 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,752 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $58,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,960 |
| This salary | $55,790 |
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 | $42,676 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,007 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,622 |
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 | $50,399 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,218 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,790 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,330 and the ninetieth is $78,960 — 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 $42,676, worked from $55,790. 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 312 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,752 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 312.
- The Oregon median of $55,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,330 to $78,960. 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 $42,676, on $55,790 for work ranking 312 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 312 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,752, worked from $55,790, 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 312 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 $58,120 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,330 at the bottom tenth to $78,960 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,752 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 $42,676.
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 $58,120. 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 ($44,330 to $78,960) 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 $40,752 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 $42,676 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.