Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,938
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,012
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,912
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
$58,950
Kept after tax
$44,938
Worth in national money
$42,912
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,950, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.01% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 285 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $58,950 the take-home is $44,938. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $42,912 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $61,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Oregon ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, at $58,950 — about 7.01% 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.
- Position 285 of 489 in Oregon places environmental science and protection technicians, including health in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $44,938 for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, from $58,950. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,912. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $61,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,750 |
| This salary | $58,950 |
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 | $44,938 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,546 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,074 |
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 | $53,215 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,765 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,950 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,860 and the ninetieth is $83,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $44,938, from $58,950, 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 285 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 $42,912 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 285.
- The Oregon median of $58,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,860 to $83,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $44,938 from $58,950. 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 285 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,912, worked from $58,950, 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 285 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 $61,310, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,860 and the top tenth $83,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,912 of national purchasing power.
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 $44,938.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $61,310. 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 ($37,860) and the ninetieth ($83,750) 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 $42,912 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 $44,938 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.