Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,158
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,322
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,438
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
$49,480
Kept after tax
$38,158
Worth in national money
$36,438
State rank
5
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $49,480, ranking 5 of 47 states and sitting about 14.06% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 371 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,480, tax leaves $38,158 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,438 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing is $49,480, about 14.06% above the national figure and 5 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing occupies position 371 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.
- After tax, $38,158 remains from the Oregon median of $49,480 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,438 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,440 |
| This salary | $49,480 |
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 | $38,158 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,937 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,719 |
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 | $44,776 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,126 |
| 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 $49,480. The published range is $39,690 up to $59,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,158 take-home in Oregon comes from $49,480. 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 371 of 489.
- Two cautions on $36,438, the adjusted value of that $49,480 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 371 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,690 to $59,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,158, from $49,480, 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 371 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 47 for it.
- This $36,438 adjusted figure, worked from $49,480, 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 371 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 371 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,690 at the bottom tenth to $59,440 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $36,438 of national purchasing power.
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 $38,158 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 47 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 ($39,690 to $59,440) 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 $36,438 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 $38,158 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.