Machine Feeders and Offbearers Salary — Bend, Oregon

The average Machine Feeders and Offbearers in Bend, Oregon earns $42,660 a year.

$42,660 / year, mean
↓ 1.5% below national average 17th percentile in Oregon

Bend pays below most of Oregon for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for machine feeders and offbearers — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
190
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.3%
Cost of living 104 #30 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 $672,286 #14 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $85,509 #37 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bend ranks #30 for cost of living and #14 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.

Lancaster $53,040 Mount Vernon $51,630 Allentown $50,930 San Jose $50,590 Longview $50,200 Spokane $48,950 Salem $48,430 Utica $48,390 Albany $48,260 Stockton $48,000 San Francisco $47,980 Williamsport $47,300 Medford $46,860 Oxnard $46,530 Gettysburg $46,400 Reading $46,370 Detroit $46,320 Seattle $46,310 Vineland $46,270 Baltimore $45,990 Louisville $45,840 Owensboro $45,650 Philadelphia $45,580 Harrisonburg $45,340 Visalia $45,040 Columbus $44,370 Syracuse $44,360 Harrisburg $44,220 Merced $44,080 Bowling Green $43,610 Eugene $43,600 Portland $43,450 San Diego $43,440 Los Angeles $43,410 New York $43,350 York $43,100 Buffalo $42,730 Bend $42,660 Modesto $42,660 Bakersfield $42,620 Lafayette $42,600 Fresno $42,420 Tampa $42,280 Lexington $42,010 Riverside $41,850 Sacramento $41,700 Richmond $41,250 Pittsburgh $41,120 Bellingham $40,730 San Antonio $40,570 Dallas $40,560 Kalamazoo $40,180 South Bend $39,960 Scranton $39,670 Indianapolis $39,360 Elkhart $39,190 Evansville $39,190 Amarillo $38,970 Fort Wayne $38,750 Rochester $38,260 Grand Rapids $38,170 Houston $38,100 Miami $38,050 Jacksonville $37,280 Austin $36,620 El Paso $35,400 Virginia Beach $35,030 Lynchburg $32,900
CityMean salaryvs. Bend
Albany, Oregon$48,260+13.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$50,930+19.4%
Amarillo, Texas$38,970-8.6%
Austin, Texas$36,620-14.2%
Bakersfield, California$42,620-0.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$45,990+7.8%
Bellingham, Washington$40,730-4.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$43,610+2.2%
Buffalo, New York$42,730+0.2%
Columbus, Indiana$44,370+4.0%
Dallas, Texas$40,560-4.9%
Detroit, Michigan$46,320+8.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$39,190-8.1%
El Paso, Texas$35,400-17.0%
Eugene, Oregon$43,600+2.2%
Evansville, Indiana$39,190-8.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$38,750-9.2%
Fresno, California$42,420-0.6%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$46,400+8.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$38,170-10.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$44,220+3.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$45,340+6.3%
Houston, Texas$38,100-10.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$39,360-7.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$37,280-12.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$40,180-5.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$42,600-0.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$53,040+24.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$42,010-1.5%
Longview, Washington$50,200+17.7%
Los Angeles, California$43,410+1.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$45,840+7.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$32,900-22.9%
Medford, Oregon$46,860+9.8%
Merced, California$44,080+3.3%
Miami, Florida$38,050-10.8%
Modesto, California$42,660+0.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$51,630+21.0%
New York, New York$43,350+1.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$45,650+7.0%
Oxnard, California$46,530+9.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$45,580+6.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$41,120-3.6%
Portland, Oregon$43,450+1.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$46,370+8.7%
Richmond, Virginia$41,250-3.3%
Riverside, California$41,850-1.9%
Rochester, New York$38,260-10.3%
Sacramento, California$41,700-2.3%
Salem, Oregon$48,430+13.5%
San Antonio, Texas$40,570-4.9%
San Diego, California$43,440+1.8%
San Francisco, California$47,980+12.5%
San Jose, California$50,590+18.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$39,670-7.0%
Seattle, Washington$46,310+8.6%
South Bend, Indiana$39,960-6.3%
Spokane, Washington$48,950+14.7%
Stockton, California$48,000+12.5%
Syracuse, New York$44,360+4.0%
Tampa, Florida$42,280-0.9%
Utica, New York$48,390+13.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$46,270+8.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$35,030-17.9%
Visalia, California$45,040+5.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$47,300+10.9%
York, Pennsylvania$43,100+1.0%
Gross salary
42,660/yr
Estimated take-home
33,539/yr
Est. total withheld
21.4%

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 Bend

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

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

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.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

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

Occupation 53-7063 SOC code
Official area Bend, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 13460 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)
253,650