Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Oregon scores 103.4 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $77,521 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Oregon (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 103.4 | 12th of 51 |
| Rents | 108.6 | 14th of 51 |
| Goods | 105.3 | — |
| Other services | 100.3 | — |
Home electricity averaged 14.70 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.82 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 1,967,130 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Oregon, the median pay is $57,000 a year, or $27.40 an hour; that ranks 11th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $35,680 and one in ten more than $129,520.
Oregon taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 9.9%. The brackets in Oregon. A single filer on the median $57,000, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $43,311 a year, or $1,666 every two weeks, after $4,660 of federal income tax, $4,361 of Social Security and Medicare and $4,669 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Oregon.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 59,920 | $35,050 |
| Retail Salespersons | 48,090 | $36,770 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 42,690 | $43,480 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 42,330 | $44,410 |
| Registered Nurses | 39,730 | $129,010 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are software developers ($142,720), registered nurses ($129,010), project management specialists ($105,480). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 36 Oregon counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $436,138, and across the 26 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,711 a month. A typical home costs 4.99 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $3,406 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $145,979 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 2.8% of Oregon's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +0.8% over the past year and +16.9% over five years, and rents +2.1% over the past year.
The most expensive Oregon counties are Hood River County ($696,588), Deschutes County ($668,265) and Clackamas County ($619,616); the least expensive are Lake County ($198,936), Harney County ($222,654) and Gilliam County ($251,007).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Oregon county, that comes to $52,446 a year for one adult and $115,395 for two adults and two children, of which $17,548 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $79,654.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $15,024 | $1,252 |
| Food | $12,801 | $1,067 |
| Transportation | $19,000 | $1,583 |
| Healthcare | $20,646 | $1,721 |
| Childcare | $17,548 | $1,462 |
| Other necessities | $8,836 | $736 |
| Taxes | $21,992 | $1,833 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 69 colleges in Oregon, 26 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $18,699 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $39,477. Compare degrees and schools.
| Baker County | $308,340 | +1.5% | — | $79,569 | $107,738 |
| Benton County | $562,302 | 0.0% | $1,767 | $113,224 | $127,395 |
| Clackamas County | $619,616 | +0.2% | $1,910 | $119,052 | $137,934 |
| Clatsop County | $520,495 | −0.6% | $1,620 | $89,210 | $122,226 |
| Columbia County | $454,561 | −0.7% | $1,740 | $97,279 | $118,344 |
| Coos County | $353,486 | −1.6% | $1,669 | $76,897 | $111,842 |
| Crook County | $477,733 | +0.8% | $1,641 | $90,819 | $119,871 |
| Curry County | $457,662 | −1.2% | — | $72,161 | $115,679 |
| Deschutes County | $668,265 | −1.3% | $2,235 | $106,366 | $129,331 |
| Douglas County | $347,839 | +0.9% | $1,421 | $72,748 | $113,242 |
| Gilliam County | $251,007 | +4.2% | — | $77,734 | $114,407 |
| Grant County | $295,127 | +2.7% | — | $69,852 | $111,295 |
| Harney County | $222,654 | +3.4% | — | $64,253 | $112,683 |
| Hood River County | $696,588 | +1.7% | $2,635 | $104,946 | $132,052 |
| Jackson County | $441,880 | +1.3% | $1,829 | $87,129 | $116,465 |
| Jefferson County | $430,396 | +0.8% | $1,570 | $78,483 | $114,896 |
| Josephine County | $394,289 | +0.1% | $1,621 | $71,624 | $112,741 |
| Klamath County | $312,609 | +1.2% | $1,300 | $71,653 | $107,088 |
| Lake County | $198,936 | −2.0% | — | $82,414 | $108,225 |
| Lane County | $461,511 | +0.6% | $1,761 | $87,993 | $119,406 |
| Lincoln County | $479,348 | +0.8% | $2,057 | $76,426 | $117,370 |
| Linn County | $413,775 | +0.3% | $1,644 | $87,508 | $112,735 |
| Malheur County | $316,234 | +2.9% | — | $65,918 | $105,557 |
| Marion County | $447,829 | +0.2% | $1,586 | $88,229 | $114,540 |
| Morrow County | $314,438 | +1.2% | $2,036 | $79,496 | $110,085 |
| Multnomah County | $506,305 | −0.3% | $1,681 | $113,868 | $137,613 |
| Polk County | $484,883 | +1.3% | $1,815 | $95,837 | $112,596 |
| Sherman County | $297,622 | +4.1% | — | $77,500 | $120,095 |
| Tillamook County | $512,986 | −0.2% | $2,141 | $77,246 | $115,806 |
| Umatilla County | $316,458 | +2.1% | $1,425 | $79,738 | $112,420 |
| Union County | $339,538 | +5.1% | $1,291 | $76,661 | $111,504 |
| Wallowa County | $444,917 | +1.8% | — | $78,170 | $115,111 |
| Wasco County | $404,104 | +2.7% | $1,623 | $80,076 | $126,124 |
| Washington County | $564,172 | −2.3% | $1,924 | $123,005 | $143,047 |
| Wheeler County | $323,058 | +6.5% | — | $60,139 | $116,468 |
| Yamhill County | $509,950 | −1.2% | $1,970 | $101,737 | $125,131 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
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