Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,153
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$6,957
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$25,929
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
$34,110
Kept after tax
$27,153
Worth in national money
$25,929
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $34,110, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 3.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 488 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $34,110 the take-home is $27,153; in national-average money that behaves like $25,929. The average comes to $35,720, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $34,110, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 3.65% 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.
- Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers occupies position 488 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Oregon, on $34,110, is $27,153; deflated by the state's price level, $25,929. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $35,720 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,230 |
| This salary | $34,110 |
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 | $27,153 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,587 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,519 |
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 | $31,080 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,465 |
| 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 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Oregon earn under $34,110 and half over. The published range runs $30,720 at the tenth percentile to $42,230 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $27,153, worked from $34,110. 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 488 of 489.
- Two cautions on $25,929, the adjusted value of that $34,110 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 488 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,720 to $42,230; 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.
- The Oregon take-home of $27,153, on $34,110 for work ranking 488 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 488 of 489 in the state.
- This $25,929 adjusted figure, worked from $34,110, 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 488 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 488 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 $35,720 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,720 and the top tenth $42,230, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $25,929 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 $27,153 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $35,720. 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 ($30,720 to $42,230) 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 $25,929 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 $27,153 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.