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Medford, OR
$1,685after tax and rent
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On a $83,730 household paycheck in Medford.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Medford are under the US rate in this release, 3.5 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
55
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 54.8, 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
$1,685
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Historic church in Ashland, Oregon, USA
Stats
- Rent
- $1,461
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,079
- Per month
- Tax
- 27%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 8% above
- US, besides rent
Next
$1,685 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,898
- Rent$1,227
- Other$2,167
- Left$1,685
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
- $1,227
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,394
After tax and rent
$1,685 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $3,547 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,227.
- Work from home
- 13.7% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 72.9% 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
19 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 19 minutes each way
- Size
- 223k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $400,200. About $2,802/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Oregon income tax tops out at 9.90%. Sales tax 0.0%, property tax 0.76%.
Schools
- Students
- 30,601
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Districts
- 10
- Medford SD 549C13,800 students
- Central Point SD 64,773 students
- Eagle Point SD 94,071 students
- Ashland SD 52,547 students
- Phoenix-Talent SD 42,231 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 Medford
- 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 Medford calculated?
Medford 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 Medford?
About $1,227 for a one-bedroom and $1,461 for a two-bedroom in Medford, OR. Medford averages 204 sunny days, a July high of 91°F, and a 19-minute commute.
How do I compare Medford with another city?
Put Medford next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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