Travel Agents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,406
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$13,404
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,449
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
$56,810
Kept after tax
$43,406
Worth in national money
$41,449
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for travel agents. The middle earner takes $56,810, which ranks 8 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 13.26% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Travel agents ranks 303 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $56,810, tax leaves $43,406 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $41,449 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $57,030, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 8 of 49 states publishing a median for travel agents, at $56,810 — about 13.26% 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.
- Position 303 of 489 in Oregon places travel 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.
- After tax, $43,406 remains from the Oregon median of $56,810 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $41,449 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $57,030 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,490 |
| This salary | $56,810 |
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 | $43,406 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,827 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,768 |
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 | $51,308 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,394 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,810 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,600 and the ninetieth is $72,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $43,406, from $56,810, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 303 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,449, the adjusted value of that $56,810 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 303 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $56,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,600 to $72,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,406 from $56,810. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 303 of 489 locally.
- This $41,449 adjusted figure, worked from $56,810, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 303 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 303 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,600 at the bottom tenth to $72,490 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 $41,449 rather than its face figure.
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 $43,406 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,600 to $72,490) 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 $41,449 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 $43,406 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.