Check these income tax rates:
http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_statetaxrate_OR.html
They would drown me....
Decades ago one of our younger relatives went to Oregon to go to a trade school.
He worked as a low paid intern before his certification. I did his state and fed income taxes for him.
His Oregon income tax hit was incredible based on very low salary bases. The following is from 2009, and it is probably worse.
How Oregon State income tax rates are structured:
The tax table below will show in detail the Oregon state income tax rates by income tax bracket(s). There are 3 income tax brackets for Oregon.
If your income range is between $0 and $3,050, your tax rate on every dollar of income earned is 5%.
If your income range is between $3,051 and $7,600, your tax rate on every dollar of income earned is 7%.
If your income range is $7,601 and over, your tax rate on every dollar of income earned is 9%.
Income tax brackets data last updated March 3rd, 2009.