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Bend, OR
$1,393after tax and rent
Photo: Ian Poellet / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Bend.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Bend are under the US rate in this release, 3 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
51
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 51.1, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$1,393
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
Top things to do in Bend
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Photo: Another Believer / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Tower Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Bend, Oregon, United States
Photo: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives / Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0 Shevlin Park
Park in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States of America
Stats
- Rent
- $1,876
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,079
- Per month
- Tax
- 27%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 8% above
- US, besides rent
Next
$1,393 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,898
- Rent$1,576
- Other$2,110
- Left$1,393
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (OR)
- −$6,785
- Take-home pay
- $60,949
- Effective tax rate
- 27.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,576
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $537
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,686
After tax and rent
$1,393 left/mo
County by county
3 counties. Rent in this table is the Census median of what residents pay. The city figure is Zillow asking rent.
| County | People | Median rent | 2-bed rent | Home value | Income | Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deschutes CountyOR | 203k80% | $1,674 | $1,556 | $596,000 | $87,640 | 20 min |
| Crook CountyOR | 26k10% | $1,224 | $1,131 | $423,300 | $81,675 | 25 min |
| Jefferson CountyOR | 25k10% | $957 | $936 | $339,200 | $73,051 | 26 min |
Census ACS 2023. “—” is not published.
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $3,255 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,576.
- Work from home
- 18.9% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 74.5% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
21 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 21 minutes each way
- Size
- 254k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $550,400. About $3,794/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Oregon income tax tops out at 9.90%. Sales tax 0.0%, property tax 0.63%.
Schools
- Students
- 31,924
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
- Districts
- 8
- Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 116,878 students
- Redmond SD 2J7,141 students
- Crook County SD3,352 students
- Jefferson County SD 509J2,713 students
- Sisters SD 61,163 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Bend
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Bend calculated?
Bend is in Oregon, which taxes wage income. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Bend?
About $1,576 for a one-bedroom and $1,876 for a two-bedroom in Bend, OR. Bend averages 155 sunny days, a July high of 84°F, and a 21-minute commute.
How do I compare Bend with another city?
Put Bend next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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