Bill and Account Collectors Salary — Salem, Oregon

The average Bill and Account Collectors in Salem, Oregon earns $53,720 a year.

$53,720 / year, mean
↑ 9.0% above national average 75th percentile in Oregon

Salem pays well above most of Oregon for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for bill and account collectors. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.9%
Cost of living 104 #29 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $454,689 #32 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $76,010 #65 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Salem ranks #29 for cost of living and #32 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $78,180 Napa $73,280 San Francisco $72,710 San Luis Obispo $68,910 Santa Cruz $62,390 Santa Maria $59,530 Santa Rosa $59,140 Salinas $58,620 New York $58,450 Fresno $57,760 Los Angeles $57,460 Visalia $57,230 Sacramento $57,100 Atlantic City $56,690 Bremerton $56,340 Riverside $56,120 Vallejo $55,850 Modesto $55,840 Midland $55,770 Merced $55,540 Portland $55,100 Oxnard $54,520 San Diego $54,280 Trenton $54,070 Olympia $53,940 Salisbury $53,940 Salem $53,720 Bakersfield $53,610 Seattle $53,140 Baltimore $52,720 Stockton $52,660 Albany $52,380 Syracuse $52,320 Hagerstown $52,230 Chicago $52,160 Philadelphia $52,160 Naples $51,910 Kalamazoo $51,780 Lancaster $51,660 Elkhart $51,240 Eugene $51,190 Ann Arbor $51,170 Champaign $50,900 Charlottesville $50,890 Louisville $50,550 Detroit $50,020 Utica $49,950 Winchester $49,920 Kiryas Joel $49,850 Grand Rapids $49,730 Miami $49,690 Pittsburgh $48,990 Spokane $48,940 Lebanon $48,880 Tampa $48,690 Palm Bay $48,570 Saginaw $48,520 Traverse City $48,450 Jacksonville $48,390 Lexington $48,370 Dallas $48,270 Rochester $48,220 Medford $48,200 Crestview $48,140 Austin $48,010 Monroe $47,960 Reading $47,960 Allentown $47,930 Fort Wayne $47,890 York $47,690 Port St. Lucie $47,610 Bloomington $47,580 Lafayette $47,500 Kennewick $47,410 Yakima $47,400 Rockford $47,330 Orlando $47,320 San Antonio $47,320 Fort Myers $47,300 Bloomington $47,230 Odessa $47,230 Harrisburg $46,970 Peoria $46,740 Richmond $46,640 Terre Haute $46,570 Deltona $46,330 Indianapolis $46,200 Jackson $46,180 Wheeling $45,830 Bowling Green $45,720 Houston $45,720 South Bend $45,580 Beaumont $45,380 Erie $45,320 Panama City $45,270 Pensacola $45,190 Amarillo $44,990 Evansville $44,970 Binghamton $44,950 Lakeland $44,940 Dover $44,440 Springfield $44,300 Scranton $44,280 Ocala $44,270 Tallahassee $44,240 Longview $44,140 Chambersburg $44,070 Morgantown $44,050 Buffalo $43,990 Paducah $43,580 Charleston $43,540 Elmira $43,370 Lansing $43,370 Corpus Christi $43,270 Wichita Falls $43,110 Sarasota $42,730 Huntington $42,600 College Station $42,230 Tyler $42,220 Flint $42,160 Glens Falls $42,130 Brownsville $41,990 Lynchburg $41,680 Gainesville $41,480 Altoona $41,310 Abilene $41,200 Johnstown $40,860 Muncie $40,630 Killeen $40,560 McAllen $40,430 Waco $39,960 Virginia Beach $39,850 San Angelo $39,030 Blacksburg $38,950 Roanoke $38,650 Lubbock $38,200 Laredo $37,980 El Paso $37,880 Texarkana $36,950 Sherman $35,770
CityMean salaryvs. Salem
Abilene, Texas$41,200-23.3%
Albany, New York$52,380-2.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$47,930-10.8%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$41,310-23.1%
Amarillo, Texas$44,990-16.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$51,170-4.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$56,690+5.5%
Austin, Texas$48,010-10.6%
Bakersfield, California$53,610-0.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$52,720-1.9%
Beaumont, Texas$45,380-15.5%
Binghamton, New York$44,950-16.3%
Blacksburg, Virginia$38,950-27.5%
Bloomington, Illinois$47,230-12.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$47,580-11.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$45,720-14.9%
Bremerton, Washington$56,340+4.9%
Brownsville, Texas$41,990-21.8%
Buffalo, New York$43,990-18.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$47,300-12.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$44,070-18.0%
Champaign, Illinois$50,900-5.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$43,540-19.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$50,890-5.3%
Chicago, Illinois$52,160-2.9%
College Station, Texas$42,230-21.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$43,270-19.5%
Crestview, Florida$48,140-10.4%
Dallas, Texas$48,270-10.1%
Deltona, Florida$46,330-13.8%
Detroit, Michigan$50,020-6.9%
Dover, Delaware$44,440-17.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$51,240-4.6%
Elmira, New York$43,370-19.3%
El Paso, Texas$37,880-29.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$45,320-15.6%
Eugene, Oregon$51,190-4.7%
Evansville, Indiana$44,970-16.3%
Flint, Michigan$42,160-21.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,890-10.9%
Fresno, California$57,760+7.5%
Gainesville, Florida$41,480-22.8%
Glens Falls, New York$42,130-21.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$49,730-7.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$52,230-2.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$46,970-12.6%
Houston, Texas$45,720-14.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$42,600-20.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$46,200-14.0%
Jackson, Michigan$46,180-14.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$48,390-9.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$40,860-23.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$51,780-3.6%
Kennewick, Washington$47,410-11.7%
Killeen, Texas$40,560-24.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$49,850-7.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$47,500-11.6%
Lakeland, Florida$44,940-16.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$51,660-3.8%
Lansing, Michigan$43,370-19.3%
Laredo, Texas$37,980-29.3%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$48,880-9.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$48,370-10.0%
Longview, Texas$44,140-17.8%
Los Angeles, California$57,460+7.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$50,550-5.9%
Lubbock, Texas$38,200-28.9%
Lynchburg, Virginia$41,680-22.4%
McAllen, Texas$40,430-24.7%
Medford, Oregon$48,200-10.3%
Merced, California$55,540+3.4%
Miami, Florida$49,690-7.5%
Midland, Texas$55,770+3.8%
Modesto, California$55,840+3.9%
Monroe, Michigan$47,960-10.7%
Morgantown, West Virginia$44,050-18.0%
Muncie, Indiana$40,630-24.4%
Napa, California$73,280+36.4%
Naples, Florida$51,910-3.4%
New York, New York$58,450+8.8%
Sarasota, Florida$42,730-20.5%
Ocala, Florida$44,270-17.6%
Odessa, Texas$47,230-12.1%
Olympia, Washington$53,940+0.4%
Orlando, Florida$47,320-11.9%
Oxnard, California$54,520+1.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$43,580-18.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$48,570-9.6%
Panama City, Florida$45,270-15.7%
Pensacola, Florida$45,190-15.9%
Peoria, Illinois$46,740-13.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$52,160-2.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$48,990-8.8%
Portland, Oregon$55,100+2.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$47,610-11.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$47,960-10.7%
Richmond, Virginia$46,640-13.2%
Riverside, California$56,120+4.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$38,650-28.1%
Rochester, New York$48,220-10.2%
Rockford, Illinois$47,330-11.9%
Sacramento, California$57,100+6.3%
Saginaw, Michigan$48,520-9.7%
Salinas, California$58,620+9.1%
Salisbury, Maryland$53,940+0.4%
San Angelo, Texas$39,030-27.3%
San Antonio, Texas$47,320-11.9%
San Diego, California$54,280+1.0%
San Francisco, California$72,710+35.3%
San Jose, California$78,180+45.5%
San Luis Obispo, California$68,910+28.3%
Santa Cruz, California$62,390+16.1%
Santa Maria, California$59,530+10.8%
Santa Rosa, California$59,140+10.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$44,280-17.6%
Seattle, Washington$53,140-1.1%
Sherman, Texas$35,770-33.4%
South Bend, Indiana$45,580-15.2%
Spokane, Washington$48,940-8.9%
Springfield, Illinois$44,300-17.5%
Stockton, California$52,660-2.0%
Syracuse, New York$52,320-2.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$44,240-17.6%
Tampa, Florida$48,690-9.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$46,570-13.3%
Texarkana, Texas$36,950-31.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$48,450-9.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$54,070+0.7%
Tyler, Texas$42,220-21.4%
Utica, New York$49,950-7.0%
Vallejo, California$55,850+4.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$39,850-25.8%
Visalia, California$57,230+6.5%
Waco, Texas$39,960-25.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$45,830-14.7%
Wichita Falls, Texas$43,110-19.8%
Winchester, Virginia$49,920-7.1%
Yakima, Washington$47,400-11.8%
York, Pennsylvania$47,690-11.2%
Gross salary
53,720/yr
Estimated take-home
41,574/yr
Est. total withheld
22.6%

Single filer, federal + Oregon state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Salem

These notes add local color around Salem, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

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Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-3011 SOC code
Official area Salem, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
435,085