Medical Transcriptionists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,867
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$10,413
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,250
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
$46,280
Kept after tax
$35,867
Worth in national money
$34,250
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical transcriptionists is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $46,280, putting the state 7 of 50 — about 14.53% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Oregon, this one sits low: 407 of 489 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $46,280 the take-home is $35,867; in national-average money that behaves like $34,250. The average comes to $48,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical transcriptionists, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,280, ranking 7 of 50 and running about 14.53% 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.
- Medical transcriptionists occupies position 407 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.
- Take-home for medical transcriptionists in Oregon, on $46,280, is $35,867; deflated by the state's price level, $34,250. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $48,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,910 |
| This salary | $46,280 |
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 | $35,867 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,366 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,261 |
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 | $41,925 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,572 |
| 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 $46,280. The published range is $37,080 up to $68,910, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $35,867, from $46,280, 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 407 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,250, the adjusted value of that $46,280 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 407 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical transcriptionists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,080 to $68,910. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,867 from $46,280. 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 407 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $34,250 — the adjusted value of that $46,280 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 407 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $48,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,080 at the tenth percentile, $68,910 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $34,250 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Oregon's own levy, $35,867 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $48,840. 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 ($37,080 to $68,910) 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 $34,250 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 $35,867 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.