Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,403
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$28,037
28.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,274
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
$97,440
Kept after tax
$69,403
Worth in national money
$66,274
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $97,440, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 18.51% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 104 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $97,440 the take-home is $69,403. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $66,274 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $97,100, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For environmental scientists and specialists, including health, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,440, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 18.51% 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.
- Within Oregon, environmental scientists and specialists, including health ranks 104 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $69,403 for environmental scientists and specialists, including health, from $97,440. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,274. ⚠️ 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 $97,100 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,190 |
| This salary | $97,440 |
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 | $69,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,379 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,354 |
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 | $86,103 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,446 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,440 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,200 and the ninetieth is $132,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $69,403, from $97,440, 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 104 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $66,274, the adjusted value of that $97,440 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 104 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $97,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,200 to $132,190. 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 $69,403 from $97,440. 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 104 of 489 locally.
- This $66,274 adjusted figure, worked from $97,440, 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 104 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 104 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,200 and the top tenth $132,190, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $66,274 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 $69,403.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,200 to $132,190) 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 $66,274 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 $69,403 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.