How your Oregon paycheck is calculated
Every $100 you earn in Oregon
- Take-home pay$75
- Federal income tax$10
- Social Security & Medicare$8
- State income tax & Statewide transit tax & Paid Leave Oregon$7
$75,000 salary, single filer, 2026.
An Oregon paycheck has six tax lines: federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, Oregon income tax, the statewide transit tax and Paid Leave Oregon. The calculator works out a full year of each from the 2026 rules and divides by your number of paychecks; tap any line to see the arithmetic and the official source.
Oregon starts from your federal adjusted gross income, so 401(k) contributions, pre-tax health premiums and HSA contributions lower your Oregon tax. It then subtracts part of your federal income tax and a small standard deduction ($2,910 single), runs the rest through four brackets, and takes $263 off the tax for each person on the return.
Oregon take-home pay at common salaries
The table runs the calculator for a single filer with no pre-tax deductions in 2026. The chart shows how the share you keep changes as pay rises.
| Salary | Take-home per year | Every two weeks | Total tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | $24,411 | $939 | 18.6% |
| $40,000 | $31,606 | $1,216 | 21.0% |
| $50,000 | $38,801 | $1,492 | 22.4% |
| $60,000 | $45,996 | $1,769 | 23.3% |
| $75,000 | $56,013 | $2,154 | 25.3% |
| $100,000 | $71,332 | $2,744 | 28.7% |
| $125,000 | $86,077 | $3,311 | 31.1% |
| $150,000 | $99,936 | $3,844 | 33.4% |
| $200,000 | $129,865 | $4,995 | 35.1% |
| $250,000 | $159,120 | $6,120 | 36.4% |
Your numbers will differ if you contribute to a 401(k), pay health premiums, file jointly or have children — enter them in the calculator above.
Take-home on a $75,000 salary by state
Reading your Oregon pay stub
Payroll software rarely uses the same names as tax law. Here is how the lines in the breakdown above usually appear on a Oregon pay stub, using a $75,000 salary paid every two weeks.
The 8.75% bracket starts early
Oregon’s rates look moderate at the bottom, but the 8.75% rate applies from just $11,400 of taxable income for a single filer. For almost every full-time worker, each extra dollar earned is taxed at 8.75% by the state — more than in most states — and at 9.9% above $125,000. A single filer earning $60,000 in 2026 owes about $3,974 in Oregon tax; at $100,000 it is about $7,148.
Oregon lets you subtract federal tax — up to a point
Oregon is one of the few states where the federal income tax you owe comes off your state income. For 2026 the subtraction is capped at $8,750. Above $125,000 of income ($250,000 joint) the cap drops in $5,000 steps — $7,000, $5,250, $3,500, $1,750 — and disappears at $145,000.
That stepping makes a raise across one of those lines cost more than it seems: crossing $125,000 takes $1,750 off the subtraction, which costs about $173 in extra Oregon tax. The exemption credit also stops above $100,000 for single filers.
Portland: Metro and Multnomah County income taxes
Two local income taxes apply around Portland, both on Oregon taxable income above a high threshold — so most workers pay neither. Choose your area under City tax:
- Metro Supportive Housing Services tax. 1% of taxable income over $128,000 single ($205,000 joint or head of household) for residents of the Metro district, which covers urban parts of Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties. 2026 is the first year the threshold rises with inflation; it was $125,000 / $200,000 before.
- Multnomah County Preschool for All tax. 1.5% of taxable income over $125,000 single ($200,000 joint or head of household), and another 1.5% over $250,000 ($400,000), for Multnomah County residents, including Portland and Gresham.
A single Portland resident with $300,000 of salary pays about $4,979 a year in these two taxes. Employers withhold them only once wages pass $200,000, so many people pay them with their return. Portland’s $35 Arts Tax for residents is not included.
Why your real paycheck can differ
- Withholding uses allowances. Oregon withholding gives $263 per allowance on Form OR-W-4 and subtracts the federal tax actually withheld, so each check can differ a little from the year-end tax.
- The kicker. When state revenue beats forecasts, Oregon returns the surplus as a credit on the next return. It is decided after the year ends and is not part of this estimate.
- Overtime and tips. The federal overtime and tips deductions come after federal AGI, where Oregon starts. They lower your federal tax, which also lowers the federal tax you can subtract on the Oregon return — the calculator includes that.
- Not included: extra standard deduction for people 65 or older or blind, itemized deductions, and the Oregon earned income credit.
2027 Oregon paycheck
Switch the tax year to 2027 to use the new federal brackets, standard deduction and Social Security wage base. Oregon publishes indexed brackets, deductions and credits each December. Until they are out, the Oregon lines use 2026 figures and the calculator says so above the breakdown. We update the page the day the official numbers are published — see the data changelog.