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A new study shows that since the 2008 financial crisis, Oregon has seen the 19th-largest increase in median income at 3.4 percent growth.
Overall, Oregon has the 21st-highest medium income in the country at $39,580.
SafeHome.org today released a study on American Workers Earnings By State using the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau through 2017.
Despite a general sense that the American economy has rebounded, the national median annual wage has grown by just 2 percent since 2008 from $37,896 to $38,640.
Oregon Earnings Breakdown:
- 1.9 percent of residents make $9,999 or less
- 3.0 percent make between $10,000 – $14,999
- 13.1 percent make between $15,000 – $24,999
- 16.4 percent make between $25,000 – $34,999
- 20.4 percent make between $35,000 – $49,999
- 15.3 percent make between $50,000 – $64,999
- 6.7 percent make between $65,000 – $74,999
- 10.4 percent make between $75,000 – $99,999
- 12.8 percent make between $100,00+
Here are additional key national findings:
- The median national wage for all occupations is a yearly sum of $38,640, which equates to about $18 an hour.
- Ten of the 13 states with the lowest wages are in the South, including all of the top six.
- D.C. has the highest tenth percentile wage at $28,660, which is almost as high as Mississippi’s overall median yearly wage — $30,580.
- Just 8.8 percent of women with full-time, year-round earnings make more than $100,000, compared to 20 percent of men.
