Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,048
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$27,192
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,980
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
$95,240
Kept after tax
$68,048
Worth in national money
$64,980
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $95,240, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 5.65% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 113 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $95,240 the take-home is $68,048; in national-average money that behaves like $64,980. The average lands at $94,130, below the middle of the range.
- For occupational health and safety specialists, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $95,240, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 5.65% 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, occupational health and safety specialists ranks 113 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.
- Take-home for occupational health and safety specialists in Oregon, on $95,240, is $68,048; deflated by the state's price level, $64,980. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $94,130 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,190 |
| This salary | $95,240 |
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 | $68,048 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,056 |
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 | $84,176 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,034 |
| 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 occupational health and safety specialists in Oregon earn under $95,240 and half over. The published range runs $61,500 at the tenth percentile to $125,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $68,048, from $95,240, 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 113 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,980, the adjusted value of that $95,240 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 113 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety specialists in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,500 to $125,190; 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 $68,048 from $95,240. 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 113 of 489 locally.
- This $64,980 adjusted figure, worked from $95,240, 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 113 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 113 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $61,500 at the tenth percentile, $125,190 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 $64,980 — 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, $68,048 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,500 to $125,190) 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 $64,980 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 $68,048 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.