Dentists, General in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$138,599
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$73,091
34.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$132,350
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
$211,690
Kept after tax
$138,599
Worth in national money
$132,350
State rank
5
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for dentists, general. The middle earner takes $211,690, which ranks 5 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 23.83% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 6 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $211,690, tax leaves $138,599 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $132,350 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $240,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 5 of 47 states publishing a median for dentists, general, at $211,690 — about 23.83% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Oregon, dentists, general ranks 6 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.
- After tax, $138,599 remains from the Oregon median of $211,690 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $132,350 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $240,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $143,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $211,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $353,310 |
| This salary | $211,690 |
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 | $138,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $157,537 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$29,766 |
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 | $186,146 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$40,007 |
| 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 $211,690. The published range is $143,990 up to $353,310, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $138,599, from $211,690, 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 6 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $132,350, the adjusted value of that $211,690 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 6 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dentists, general in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $143,990 to $353,310. 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 $138,599 from $211,690. 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 6 of 489 locally.
- This $132,350 adjusted figure, worked from $211,690, 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 6 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 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 $240,170, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $143,990, the highest tenth $353,310, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $132,350 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $138,599 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 $240,170. 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 ($143,990) and the ninetieth ($353,310) 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 $132,350 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 $138,599 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.