Athletic Trainers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,108
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$13,682
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,119
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$57,790
Kept after tax
$44,108
Worth in national money
$42,119
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is among the lower-paying states for athletic trainers. The middle earner takes $57,790, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 7.57% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Athletic trainers ranks 297 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,790, tax leaves $44,108 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,119 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $65,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 45 of 50 for athletic trainers, with a median of $57,790 — about 7.57% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 297 of 489 in Oregon places athletic trainers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $44,108 remains from the Oregon median of $57,790 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,119 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $65,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,120 |
| This salary | $57,790 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Oregon | $44,108 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,614 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,908 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $52,181 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,564 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $57,790. The published range is $50,420 up to $86,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $44,108 take-home in Oregon comes from $57,790. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 297 of 489.
- Two cautions on $42,119, the adjusted value of that $57,790 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 297 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for athletic trainers in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,420 to $86,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $44,108, from $57,790, assumes a single Oregon filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 297 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 50 for it.
- This $42,119 adjusted figure, worked from $57,790, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 297 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 297 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $65,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,420 at the bottom tenth to $86,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $42,119 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $44,108 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Oregon is $65,530. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,420 to $86,120) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $42,119 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $44,108 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.