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|Budget=$28.3 billion (2014 estimate)
|Budget=$57.7 billion<ref>[https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASBO/9d2d2db1-c943-4f1b-b750-0fca152d64c2/UploadedImages/SER%20Archive/2024_SER/2024_State_Expenditure_Report_S.pdf ''National Association of State Budget Officers'', "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024]</ref> (2024 estimate)
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This page describes the compensation, salaries and benefits that Oregon's public employees receive from state and local government.
This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Oregon.


==Legislator salaries==
==Legislator salaries==
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::''See also: [[Compensation of state executive officers]]''
::''See also: [[Compensation of state executive officers]]''


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As of 2008, the salary of Oregon's governor ranked 47th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors was $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors was $129,962.<ref>[http://www.csg.org/pubs/TheBookoftheStates.aspx ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”] ''([[dead link]])''</ref>


==Judicial salaries==
==Judicial salaries==
::''See also: [[State court budgets and judicial salaries]]''  
::''See also: [[Oregon court salaries and budgets]]''
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As of 2010, the salary of Oregon's chief justice ranked 42nd among U.S. chief justices' salaries.  The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices was $155,230. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices was $151,284.<ref name=courts/>
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As of 2010, the salaries of Oregon's associate justices ranked 43rd among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices was $151,142. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices was $145,984.<ref name=courts/>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.employment.oregon.gov/ Oregon State Jobs]
*[https://bookofthestates.org/tables/2023-4-11/ 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments]
* [http://www.theoregonpolitico.com/govdocs/ GovDocs Oregon Employee Salary Information]
*[https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/2025-legislator-compensation 2025 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures]
* [http://www.statebudgetsolutions.org/state/detailoregon State Budget Solutions, Oregon]
*[https://nationalcenterforstatecourts.app.box.com/s/ri9x3hjqjp0tepwfaoyj81ox6o2av7c2 2025 salary table from the National Center for State Courts]
* [http://theoregonpolitico.com/govdocs/lobby/organizational-spending/?years=&org_name=&total=&campaign=1&page=1/ Searchable databases of lobbying expenditures of organizations and individuals]


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 2 December 2025


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Oregon Salaries
Total state expenditures:
$57.7 billion[1] (2024 estimate)

This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Oregon.

Legislator salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2025[2]
SalaryPer diem
$43,440/year$178/day

State executive salaries

See also: Compensation of state executive officers
Office and current official Salary

Governor of Oregon Tina Kotek

$98,600

Attorney General of Oregon Dan Rayfield

$82,220

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read

$77,000

Oregon Audits Director Steve Bergmann

Oregon Director of Agriculture Lisa Charpilloz Hanson

$198,384

Oregon Director of Fish and Wildlife Debbie Colbert

$222,804

Progressive Party of Oregon Chair David Delk

Oregon Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner Hayward

$77,000

Libertarian Party of Oregon Vice Chair Will Hobson

Independent Party of Oregon Chair Drew Kaza

Oregon Commissioner of Insurance TK Keen

Oregon Public Utility Commission Karin Power

Libertarian Party of Oregon Chair Matt Rowe

Constitution Party of Oregon Chair Roger Shipman

Democratic Party of Oregon Chair Nathan Soltz

Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries Christina Stephenson

$77,000

Oregon Public Utility Commission Letha Tawney

$212,197

Oregon Public Utility Commission Mark Thompson

$212,197

Republican Party of Oregon Chair Connie Whelchel

Oregon Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Charlene Williams

$163,932


Judicial salaries

See also: Oregon court salaries and budgets
State court salary information
Supreme Court salary Court of Appeals salary
Associates: $220,596[3] Associates: $220,596[4]

State profile

Demographic data for Oregon
 OregonU.S.
Total population:4,024,634316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):95,9883,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:85.1%73.6%
Black/African American:1.8%12.6%
Asian:4%5.1%
Native American:1.2%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.4%0.2%
Two or more:4.1%3%
Hispanic/Latino:12.3%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:89.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:30.8%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$51,243$53,889
Persons below poverty level:18.4%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Oregon.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Oregon

Oregon voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Oregon, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Oregon had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. National Association of State Budget Officers, "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024
  2. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
  3. The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
  4. The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
  5. The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.