Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,851
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$19,589
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,333
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
$75,440
Kept after tax
$55,851
Worth in national money
$53,333
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tree trimmers and pruners is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $75,440, putting the state 2 of 49 — about 48.04% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 191 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $75,440 the take-home is $55,851; in national-average money that behaves like $53,333. The average lands at $73,630, below the middle of the range.
- For tree trimmers and pruners, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,440, ranking 2 of 49 and running about 48.04% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 191 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for tree trimmers and pruners in Oregon, on $75,440, is $55,851; deflated by the state's price level, $53,333. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,630 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,470 |
| This salary | $75,440 |
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 | $55,851 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,902 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,368 |
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 | $66,839 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,652 |
| 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 tree trimmers and pruners in Oregon earn under $75,440 and half over. The published range runs $51,220 at the tenth percentile to $94,470 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,851 take-home in Oregon comes from $75,440. 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 191 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,333, the adjusted value of that $75,440 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 191 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tree trimmers and pruners in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,220 to $94,470; 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 $55,851, from $75,440, 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 191 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $53,333 — the adjusted value of that $75,440 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 191 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,220 at the tenth percentile, $94,470 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,333 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $55,851 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,220 to $94,470) 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 $53,333 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 $55,851 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.