History Teachers, Postsecondary in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,647
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$30,683
29.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,327
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
$104,330
Kept after tax
$73,647
Worth in national money
$70,327
State rank
4
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $104,330, putting the state 4 of 45 — about 24.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, this job comes in at 74 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $104,330, tax leaves $73,647 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $70,327 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $103,590.
- For history teachers, postsecondary, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $104,330, ranking 4 of 45 and running about 24.47% 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.
- History teachers, postsecondary ranks 74 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After tax, $73,647 remains from the Oregon median of $104,330 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $70,327 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $103,590 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,740 |
| This salary | $104,330 |
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 | $73,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,226 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,289 |
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 | $92,136 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,738 |
| 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 history teachers, postsecondary in Oregon earn under $104,330 and half over. The published range runs $57,000 at the tenth percentile to $144,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $73,647, from $104,330, 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 74 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 $70,327 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 74.
- Figures are distribution medians for history teachers, postsecondary in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,000 to $144,740; 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.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,647 from $104,330. 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 74 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,327, worked from $104,330, 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 74 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,000, the highest tenth $144,740, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $70,327 of national purchasing power.
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 $73,647 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,000) and the ninetieth ($144,740) 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 $70,327 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 $73,647 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.