--- title: "Hire in Oregon 2026: tax, pay, leave & termination" description: "Hiring in Oregon? A 9.9% top income tax, Paid Leave Oregon at 1% of wages, a tiered minimum and a $56,700 UI base. State guides, one per layer." canonical: https://www.teamed.global/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon --- United States · Oregon · State overview Served by Teamed US Inc., Delaware · Payroll via SUNA Solutions # What do you need to know to hire in *Oregon*? A graduated income tax topping at 9.9%, Paid Leave Oregon at 1% of wages, and a minimum wage that changes by region. Each Oregon guide below takes one layer of state rule. Last reviewed 7 June 2026 · Oregon, United States guide ![A warm, wide illustration of the Portland skyline at golden hour seen across the Willamette River, the white Mount Hood peak rising behind the downtown towers and the Hawthorne Bridge in the foreground under a clear amber sky.](/cluster-assets/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/images/hero.webp) Illustration · Portland, Oregon Oregon runs a heavier state stack than its neighbours. A graduated income tax topping at 9.9%, Paid Leave Oregon at 1% of wages, and a minimum wage that splits three ways by region. The federal floor is identical to every other state: FLSA, FICA, FUTA and FMLA set the baseline. Everything Oregon adds on top is what these guides cover. Most employers budget for the $56,700 unemployment wage base and forget the 0.4% employer share of Paid Leave Oregon. This page is the map; each guide is the detail. ## What do you need to know to hire in Oregon? Oregon runs on the federal employment floor with a heavy layer of its own on top. There's a graduated state income tax topping at 9.9%, a state paid-leave programme that costs 1% of wages, and a minimum wage set by region rather than one statewide rate. Where Oregon gets specific is income tax withholding, Paid Leave Oregon, unemployment insurance, and a fast final-pay deadline. Each guide below takes one of those layers. Sienna runs payroll for a 12-person team and just approved her first Oregon hire. The federal stack she already knows still applies: Social Security at [6.2% each side to $184,500](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf), FUTA, and [FMLA](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla) once the company passes 50 employees. Oregon layers its own income tax, its own paid-leave contribution, its own unemployment tax, and a next-business-day final-pay rule on top. Start from [the United States overview](/country-hiring-guides/united-states) for the federal baseline. This page is the Oregon-specific layer, and the guides below break it into the questions an employer actually asks before a first hire. ## What does an employer actually pay in Oregon? The Oregon-specific cost is income tax withholding, the Paid Leave Oregon employer share, and unemployment insurance, all on top of the federal pass-through. Unemployment insurance runs on a $56,700 taxable wage base. A new employer starts at 2.4%, and experience-rated accounts land between 0.9% and 5.4%. Oregon Employment Dept · Oregon BOLI · 2026 **State income tax:** a graduated tax topping at 9.9%, withheld from every paycheck. **Minimum wage:** region-tiered, $15.55 an hour standard, $16.80 inside the Portland metro and $14.55 in nonurban counties from 1 July 2026. **Overtime:** time and a half after 40 hours a week, plus a mandated 30-minute meal break. **Unemployment insurance:** a $56,700 wage base, 2.4% for a new employer, 0.9% to 5.4% once experience-rated. **Paid Leave Oregon:** 1% of wages total, with the employer paying 0.4%. **Final pay:** by the end of the next business day on a discharge. Sources: [Oregon Employment Department, 2026 tax and contribution rates](https://www.oregon.gov/employ/businesses/pages/current-tax-rate.aspx) and [Oregon BOLI minimum wage](https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/pages/minimum-wage.aspx). The figures above are the headline. The detail, from withholding setup to the SUTA filing cadence, the Paid Leave Oregon registration, and the exempt-salary threshold, sits in [the Oregon tax and unemployment guide](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/state-income-tax-and-unemployment-insurance) and [the wage and overtime guide](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/wage-overtime-and-meal-break-law). ## The Oregon guides, one layer at a time Four Oregon guides are live, one per layer of state rule. Each answers the questions an employer asks before the first hire, with the statutory numbers pulled from the same Oregon source set. - [State income tax & unemployment insuranceThe graduated income tax topping at 9.9%, the $56,700 SUTA wage base, new-employer and experience rates, and the quarterly filing rhythm.](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/state-income-tax-and-unemployment-insurance) - [Wage, overtime & meal break lawThe region-tiered minimum from $14.55 to $16.80, the 40-hour overtime week, and Oregon's mandated meal and rest breaks.](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/wage-overtime-and-meal-break-law) - [Paid family & sick leavePaid Leave Oregon at 1% of wages, the 0.4% employer share, state sick time, and what federal FMLA adds at 50+ employees.](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/paid-family-and-sick-leave) - [Termination & at-will exceptionsOregon's at-will baseline and its public-policy exceptions, the next-business-day final-pay clock, the penalty-wage exposure, and the federal WARN math on a mass layoff.](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/termination-law-and-at-will-exceptions) The Oregon worker-classification guide, the state's test for employee versus contractor, is the next one we're building. Need it sooner? [Tell us](https://www.teamed.global/contact) and we'll move it up the queue. ## How does Oregon compare to its neighbours? Oregon carries one of the heaviest state stacks on the West Coast, but each neighbour breaks the pattern somewhere. The federal floor is identical; the state layer is not. Cross a state line and the math changes. [California](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/california) runs an even higher top income tax and its own paid-leave system. [Idaho](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/idaho) sets a far lower flat income tax and runs no state paid-leave programme. [Nevada](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/nevada) levies no state income tax at all, the mirror image of Oregon's 9.9% top rate. If you're hiring across the region, read each state's guides before you set payroll. The structure is the same everywhere; the income tax, the leave mandate, and the minimum-wage tiers are not. ## How does Teamed hire in Oregon for you? Teamed becomes your legal [employer of record](/lp/employer-of-record) in Oregon for [**from $599 per employee per month**](/pricing), with **zero FX mark-up** in any currency. Payroll, the income tax withholding, the Paid Leave Oregon registration, and the federal stack run on one platform. There's no setup fee and no exit fee, and statutory employer cost passes through at cost, itemised on every invoice. **Real HR and legal experts** handle your Oregon hires, from the first offer letter to a contested termination. **An actual person**, not a chatbot or a pooled queue, who knows the region-tiered minimum and the next-business-day final-pay clock. There's **no setup fee** and **no exit fee**, the platform tracks every state and federal trigger in real time, and statutory employer cost **passes through at cost, itemised** on every invoice. Contractor onboarding, EOR payroll, and entity setup live on **one platform**. An Oregon contractor who converts to W-2 keeps their record, and that same employee can **graduate** from EOR to your own US entity without re-onboarding. Run the [Crossover Calculator](https://www.teamed.global/tools/crossover-calculator) to see the month the model flips. EOR is the right model for a first Oregon hire, **until it isn't**. Teamed Legal Operations Oregon is the state employers under-budget. A graduated income tax to 9.9%, a paid-leave contribution most employers forget to split, and a minimum wage that depends on the county the worker sits in. These guides exist so the first Oregon hire never becomes the first Oregon back-payment. A note from Tom Price-Daniel Oregon carries one of the heaviest state stacks in the country. A 9.9% top income tax, a paid-leave levy, and a minimum wage that changes by region. None of it is hard once you know the layers. All of it is costly if you guess. Read the right guide before the first Oregon hire, not after the first back-payment. Tom Price-Daniel · Co-founder, Teamed ## Related United States guides - [Oregon state tax & unemployment insurance](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/state-income-tax-and-unemployment-insurance)guide - [Oregon wage, overtime & meal break law](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/wage-overtime-and-meal-break-law)guide - [Oregon paid family & sick leave](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/paid-family-and-sick-leave)guide - [Oregon termination & at-will exceptions](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/oregon/termination-law-and-at-will-exceptions)guide - [Hiring in the United States, overview](/country-hiring-guides/united-states)country parent - [California hiring overview](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/california)neighbour - [Idaho hiring overview](/country-hiring-guides/united-states/idaho)neighbour - [Employer of Record overview](/lp/employer-of-record)core - [Pricing, Zero FX Fixed](/pricing)core - [EOR vs Entity Crossover Calculator](https://www.teamed.global/tools/crossover-calculator)tool - [Talk to an expert](https://www.teamed.global/contact)CTA A note on this page. This is a guide, not legal or tax advice. Oregon runs a graduated state income tax, a region-tiered minimum wage indexed each July, the Paid Leave Oregon programme, and a next-business-day final-pay rule under ORS 652.140; federal FLSA, FICA, FMLA, Title VII and the WARN Act layer on top and can change when a rule is finalised or a court rules. Confirm specific figures with the Oregon Employment Department, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, the US Department of Labor or the IRS, or your Teamed US specialist, before relying on any number here.