Emergency Medical Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,008
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,263
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,294
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
$49,270
Kept after tax
$38,008
Worth in national money
$36,294
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,270, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.79% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 376 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,270, tax leaves $38,008 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,294 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for emergency medical technicians, at $49,270 — about 10.79% 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.
- Emergency medical technicians occupies position 376 of 489 in Oregon's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $38,008 remains from the Oregon median of $49,270 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,294 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Emergency Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,430 |
| This salary | $49,270 |
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 | $38,008 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,689 |
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 | $44,589 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,089 |
| 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 $49,270. The published range is $37,600 up to $63,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $38,008, worked from $49,270. 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 376 of 489.
- Two cautions on $36,294, the adjusted value of that $49,270 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 376 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for emergency medical technicians in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,600 to $63,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $38,008, on $49,270 for work ranking 376 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 376 of 489 in the state.
- This $36,294 adjusted figure, worked from $49,270, 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 376 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 376 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,600 at the bottom tenth to $63,430 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,294 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 $38,008 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,600 to $63,430) 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 $36,294 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 $38,008 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.