Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,485
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$29,335
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,263
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
$100,820
Kept after tax
$71,485
Worth in national money
$68,263
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $100,820, putting the state 7 of 49 — about 19.14% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 93 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,820 the take-home is $71,485; in national-average money that behaves like $68,263. The average comes to $107,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For biological science teachers, postsecondary, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $100,820, ranking 7 of 49 and running about 19.14% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Oregon, biological science teachers, postsecondary ranks 93 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Oregon, on $100,820, is $71,485; deflated by the state's price level, $68,263. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $107,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,440 |
| This salary | $100,820 |
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 | $71,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,757 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,813 |
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 | $89,062 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,080 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,820 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,270 and the ninetieth is $165,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $71,485, worked from $100,820. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 93 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,263 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 93.
- The Oregon median of $100,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,270 to $165,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $71,485, on $100,820 for work ranking 93 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 93 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,263, worked from $100,820, 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 93 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $107,030, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,270, the highest tenth $165,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Oregon costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $68,263 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $71,485 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $107,030. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,270) and the ninetieth ($165,440) 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 $68,263 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 $71,485 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.