Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,623
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,507
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,882
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
$50,130
Kept after tax
$38,623
Worth in national money
$36,882
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $50,130, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 9.14% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 358 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $50,130 the take-home is $38,623; in national-average money that behaves like $36,882. The average comes to $52,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical secretaries and administrative assistants, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,130, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 9.14% 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.
- Position 358 of 489 in Oregon places medical secretaries and administrative assistants 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.
- Take-home for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Oregon, on $50,130, is $38,623; deflated by the state's price level, $36,882. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $52,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,340 |
| This salary | $50,130 |
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 | $38,623 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,812 |
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 | $45,356 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,238 |
| 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 medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Oregon earn under $50,130 and half over. The published range runs $39,900 at the tenth percentile to $63,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,623 take-home in Oregon comes from $50,130. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 358 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,882, the adjusted value of that $50,130 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 358 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,900 to $63,340; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,623, from $50,130, assumes a single Oregon filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 358 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $36,882 — the adjusted value of that $50,130 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 358 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 $52,640, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,900 at the tenth percentile, $63,340 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,882 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 $38,623.
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 $52,640. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,900 to $63,340) 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 $36,882 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 $38,623 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.