Dental Hygienists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,576
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$37,504
30.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,763
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
$122,080
Kept after tax
$84,576
Worth in national money
$80,763
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental hygienists is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $122,080, putting the state 5 of 50 — about 24.44% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, dental hygienists comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $122,080, tax leaves $84,576 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $80,763 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $120,470.
- For dental hygienists, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $122,080, ranking 5 of 50 and running about 24.44% 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.
- Dental hygienists ranks 47 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, $84,576 remains from the Oregon median of $122,080 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $80,763 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $120,470 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $104,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,120 |
| This salary | $122,080 |
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 | $84,576 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,708 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,698 |
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 | $107,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,073 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,080 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $104,530 and the ninetieth is $134,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $84,576 take-home in Oregon comes from $122,080. 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 47 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,763 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 47.
- The Oregon median of $122,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $104,530 to $134,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $84,576, from $122,080, 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 47 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,763, worked from $122,080, 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 47 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $104,530 at the bottom tenth to $134,120 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $80,763 of national purchasing power.
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 $84,576 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($104,530 to $134,120) 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 $80,763 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 $84,576 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.