Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,864
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$15,966
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,616
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
$65,830
Kept after tax
$49,864
Worth in national money
$47,616
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Oregon is 21 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,830. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 231 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $65,830 the take-home is $49,864; in national-average money that behaves like $47,616. The average comes to $73,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon ranks 21 of 50 for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents at $65,830. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 231 of 489 in Oregon places tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in Oregon, on $65,830, is $49,864; deflated by the state's price level, $47,616. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,450 |
| This salary | $65,830 |
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 | $49,864 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,074 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,059 |
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 | $59,346 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,956 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $65,830. The published range is $53,090 up to $107,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $49,864, worked from $65,830. 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 231 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,616, the adjusted value of that $65,830 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 231 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,090 to $107,450. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $49,864, on $65,830 for work ranking 231 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 231 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $47,616 — the adjusted value of that $65,830 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 231 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 $73,520, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $53,090 and the top tenth $107,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $47,616 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $49,864 remains.
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 50 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 $73,520. 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 ($53,090) and the ninetieth ($107,450) 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 $47,616 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 $49,864 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.