Atmospheric and Space Scientists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,532
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$33,728
30.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,992
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
$112,260
Kept after tax
$78,532
Worth in national money
$74,992
State rank
11
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays atmospheric and space scientists a middle wage of $112,260, ranking 11 of 47 states and sitting about 13.31% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, atmospheric and space scientists ranks 59 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $112,260 the take-home is $78,532; in national-average money that behaves like $74,992. The average lands at $111,370, below the middle of the range.
- Oregon's median for atmospheric and space scientists is $112,260, about 13.31% above the national figure and 11 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, atmospheric and space scientists sits 59 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for atmospheric and space scientists in Oregon, on $112,260, is $78,532; deflated by the state's price level, $74,992. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $111,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Atmospheric and Space Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $112,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,060 |
| This salary | $112,260 |
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 | $78,532 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,805 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,366 |
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 | $99,079 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,225 |
| 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 $112,260. The published range is $65,830 up to $149,060, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $78,532, from $112,260, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 59 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,992 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 59.
- Reported values are medians; for atmospheric and space scientists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,830 to $149,060. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,532 from $112,260. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 59 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,992, worked from $112,260, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Oregon address, on work sitting at 59 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $65,830 and the top tenth $149,060 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $74,992 — 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, $78,532 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,830) and the ninetieth ($149,060) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $74,992 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 $78,532 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.