Natural Sciences Managers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,939
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$46,181
32.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,569
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
$143,120
Kept after tax
$96,939
Worth in national money
$92,569
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays natural sciences managers a middle wage of $143,120, ranking 13 of 48 states and sitting about 14.41% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, natural sciences managers ranks 16 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $143,120 the take-home is $96,939; in national-average money that behaves like $92,569. The average comes to $165,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon's median for natural sciences managers is $143,120, about 14.41% above the national figure and 13 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, natural sciences managers sits 16 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for natural sciences managers in Oregon, on $143,120, is $96,939; deflated by the state's price level, $92,569. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $165,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $143,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $225,560 |
| This salary | $143,120 |
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 | $96,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $109,089 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$19,691 |
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 | $125,344 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$27,806 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $143,120 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $102,760 and the ninetieth is $225,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $96,939, from $143,120, 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 16 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $92,569, the adjusted value of that $143,120 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 16 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $143,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $102,760 to $225,560. 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 $96,939 from $143,120. 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 16 of 489 locally.
- This $92,569 adjusted figure, worked from $143,120, 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 16 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 16 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 $165,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $102,760 and the top tenth $225,560 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $92,569 rather than its face figure.
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, $96,939 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $165,300. 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 ($102,760) and the ninetieth ($225,560) 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 $92,569 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 $96,939 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.