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SOC 47-5051 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Rock Splitters, Quarry — Oregon

Oregon

$59,760 /year
$28.73per hour
50jobs in area
+22.6%vs US median

The median wage for Rock Splitters, Quarry in Oregon is $59,760 per year, 22.6% above the national median of $48,740.

Wage distribution · annual

Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners

US MEDIAN $48,74010TH$49,920MEDIAN$59,76075TH$74,23090TH$80,460

How pay has moved

$68,853$47,8382022202320242025$59,760
$51,340 in 2022 to $59,760 in 2025, +16.4% before inflation. BLS states that OEWS estimates are not designed for comparison across years: the occupational classification, the sampling frame and the survey method have all changed inside this window. Read the direction, not the exact difference.

The next ten years

Projected to grow about as fast as average

Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
+4.4%
Openings per year
400
Typical entry-level education
No formal educational credential
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.

Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Oregon.

Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.

Salary overview

The median wage for Rock Splitters, Quarry in Oregon is $59,760 per year, 22.6% above the national median of $48,740. Pay ranges from under $49,920 at the tenth percentile to more than $80,460 at the ninetieth, with the interquartile range running from $50,510 to $74,230.

The area has 50 jobs in this occupation, which works out to 0.0 of every thousand jobs. Among the 19 states with published data for this occupation, Oregon ranks 6th by median wage. Set against every other occupation measured in the same area, it ranks 426th of 727 by median pay.

Percentile breakdown

Annual wages by percentile · Oregon · May 2025
PercentileAnnualvs US median
10th$49,920+2.4%
25th$50,510+3.6%
Median (50th)$59,760+22.6%
75th$74,230+52.3%
90th$80,460+65.1%
Mean$61,600+26.4%

Why the average earner is usually not a typical earner

What the pay is worth locally

Prices in Oregon run 3.4% above the national average, so the median of $59,760 buys what $57,795 would elsewhere in the country. Measured that way the gap against the national median narrows to 18.6% above the national median in real terms.

Published median

$59,760as reported by BLS

Local price level

103.4US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Adjusted for local prices

$57,795US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest

Key takeaways

  • Median pay is $59,760 a year, 22.6% above the national median.
  • Published pay spans $49,920 to $80,460 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
  • The area has 50 jobs in this occupation.
  • It ranks 6th of 19 states for this occupation.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage for Rock Splitters, Quarry in Oregon?

The median annual wage is $59,760, or $28.73 per hour, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.

Is that higher than the national average?

The national median for this occupation is $48,740, so pay in Oregon is 22.6% higher. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.

What do the top earners make?

The top tenth of this occupation in Oregon earns more than $80,460 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.

What is the starting range?

The tenth percentile wage is $49,920 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.

How many jobs are there in this occupation here?

The survey estimates 50 jobs in this occupation in Oregon. Self-employed workers are not included.

Source and methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.