Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,813
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$42,537
31.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,674
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
$134,350
Kept after tax
$91,813
Worth in national money
$87,674
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $134,350, putting the state 1 of 48 — about 33.58% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $134,350, tax leaves $91,813 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $87,674 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $129,590.
- For clinical and counseling psychologists, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $134,350, ranking 1 of 48 and running about 33.58% 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.
- Clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 24 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $91,813 remains from the Oregon median of $134,350 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $87,674 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $129,590 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $93,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,340 |
| This salary | $134,350 |
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 | $91,813 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$18,418 |
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 | $117,957 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,797 |
| 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 $134,350. The published range is $93,600 up to $163,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $91,813, from $134,350, 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 24 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 $87,674 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 24.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical and counseling psychologists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $93,600 to $163,340. 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 $91,813 from $134,350. 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 24 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,674, worked from $134,350, 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 24 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 $129,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $93,600 at the bottom tenth to $163,340 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 $87,674 — 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, $91,813 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $129,590. 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 ($93,600 to $163,340) 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 $87,674 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 $91,813 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.