Jury duty pay in Oregon

$10a day to start$25a day later on

$10 a day for the first two days, then $25 a day from the third day¹

Jurors whose employer pays wages for those days waive the fee unless an agreement says otherwise.

Your rights as a juror

Mileage: 20 cents a mile going to and returning from court¹
Must your employer pay you?: No. Employers must allow leave without pay and may not require use of vacation, sick or annual leave¹
Job protection: Discharging, threatening, intimidating or coercing an employee for jury service is an unlawful employment practice. Employers with 10 or more employees must keep elected insurance¹
Postponing or being excused: A judge or clerk may defer service for good cause to a term within one year. Excuse is for undue hardship or extreme inconvenience, or at 70 or older¹

Many counties pay more than the state minimum, and your summons usually says what you will be paid. If something here is not covered, your summons or the court clerk can tell you.

Sources

ORS Chapter 10 Jurors, Oregon State Legislature, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a copy of the law we used because the official site could not be read.