How Oregon's federal worker salaries rank nationally
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Oregon's 28,000 federal workers make an average yearly salary of nearly $93,000, just above the national average but well below the top states.
Why it matters: The Trump administration's attempts to cut the government workforce is likely to hit particularly hard in places with the most federal workers, and where those workers take home the biggest paychecks.
By the numbers: Federal workers in D.C. make about $136,000 a year on average, those in Maryland make about $126,000 and those in Virginia make about $111,000.
- Each of those locations has more than 140,000 federal workers.
Caveat: These raw state-by-state figures don't account for varying costs of living between locations.
What's next: Multiple lawsuits filed by federal workers in connection with President Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to cull the government workforce are still working their way through the courts.