2026 Oregon paycheck calculator

What comes out of a Oregon paycheck

On $1,500 every two weeks, single, an Oregon worker keeps $1,177.84.

Oregon has four rates, 4.75, 6.75, 8.75, and 9.9 percent, and it lets you deduct federal income tax. Your employer annualizes the paycheck, subtracts the federal tax withheld from it, and then takes off a standard deduction of $2,910 for a single worker or $5,820 for a married one. A single worker with 3 or more allowances uses the married figures. The calculator uses the federal amount it shows for the same paycheck.

The federal subtraction is capped at $8,750 a year when yearly wages are under $50,000. From there it stays $8,750 up to $125,000 for a single worker and $250,000 for a married one, then steps down to nothing, reaching zero at $145,000 for a single worker and $290,000 for a married one. The state's formulas print $8,750, though two places in its prose still say $8,500. We use the formulas.

Allowances come from Worksheet A of Form OR-W-4: one for you, one for a spouse if you are married, and one for each dependent. Each takes $263 off the year's withholding. They drop to zero when wages pass $8,300 a month, or $16,600 if married, and a head of household marks Single on the form. If the math lands below zero, Oregon withholds nothing. The state lets employers round to the dollar but does not require it, so the calculator rounds to the cent.

County and local taxes

Two Portland-area taxes sit outside the paycheck formula. The Metro Supportive Housing Services tax is 1 percent of taxable income above $128,000 for a single filer or $205,000 for a joint one in 2026. It falls on people who live or work inside the Metro district. The Multnomah County Preschool for All tax is 1.5 percent of taxable income above $125,000 single or $200,000 joint, plus another 1.5 percent above $250,000 single or $400,000 joint, for people who live or work in the county.

The City of Portland collects both, and an employer withholds them only for workers earning more than $200,000 a year or who ask. Because they are charged on yearly taxable income and not on each paycheck, the calculator describes them without computing them. TriMet and Lane Transit District payroll taxes are paid by the employer and never come out of your pay.

Disability and paid leave

Paid Leave Oregon takes 0.6 percent of your wages in 2026, which is the worker's 60 percent share of the 1 percent contribution. It applies to the first $184,500 of wages. A small employer still withholds the worker's share, even though it owes no employer share.

Oregon also charges a statewide transit tax of 0.1 percent on all wages, with no cap. The Oregon Department of Revenue says Measure 120 did not pass on May 19, 2026, so employers keep withholding 0.1 percent. The calculator shows it on its own line.

Final pay and the minimum wage

Oregon sets three minimum wages for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The standard rate is $15.55 an hour, the Portland metro rate inside the urban growth boundary is $16.80, and the rate for a listed group of rural counties is $14.55. Rates change each July 1 for inflation. Tip credits are illegal in Oregon, so tipped workers earn the full regional minimum in cash.

A fired worker, or one who leaves by mutual agreement, is owed final pay by the end of the first business day after the job ends. A worker who quits with at least 48 hours' notice, not counting weekends and holidays, is paid on the last day. Without that notice, the employer has five business days or until the next regular payday, whichever comes first.