Per capita personal income, a broader measure than just wages of the income Oregonians receive from all sources, was $65,426 per person in 2023. In addition to wages, personal income includes proprietors’ income; income from dividends, interest, and rent; and transfer receipts. The national per capita personal income reached $68,531 in 2023. Oregon’s per capita personal income was just 95% of the nation’s and ranked 22nd among the states and Washington, D.C.

Despite lower average incomes than the nation as a whole, Oregon’s poverty rate is about the same as the nation’s. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about one out of every eight (12.2%) Oregon residents lived below the poverty threshold in 2023. The U.S. poverty rate was 12.5%.​