Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,368
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$36,742
30.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,610
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
$120,110
Kept after tax
$83,368
Worth in national money
$79,610
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $120,110, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 14.84% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 53 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 $120,110 the take-home is $83,368; in national-average money that behaves like $79,610. The average comes to $140,720, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon's median for education administrators, postsecondary is $120,110, about 14.84% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Oregon, education administrators, postsecondary ranks 53 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 education administrators, postsecondary in Oregon, on $120,110, is $83,368; deflated by the state's price level, $79,610. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $140,720 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $229,730 |
| This salary | $120,110 |
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 | $83,368 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,327 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,431 |
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 | $105,953 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,696 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of education administrators, postsecondary in Oregon earn under $120,110 and half over. The published range runs $75,020 at the tenth percentile to $229,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $83,368, worked from $120,110. 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 53 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,610 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 53.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, postsecondary in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $75,020 to $229,730; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Oregon take-home of $83,368, on $120,110 for work ranking 53 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 53 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,610, worked from $120,110, 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 53 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 $140,720, 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 $75,020, the highest tenth $229,730, 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 $79,610 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $83,368.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $140,720. 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 ($75,020) and the ninetieth ($229,730) 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 $79,610 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 $83,368 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.