Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,270
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$15,730
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,049
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
$65,000
Kept after tax
$49,270
Worth in national money
$47,049
State rank
17
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Oregon pays this job around $65,000 at the midpoint, 17 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 237.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $65,000 the take-home is $49,270; in national-average money that behaves like $47,049. The average comes to $71,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For occupational health and safety technicians the Oregon median is $65,000, ranking 17 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, occupational health and safety technicians sits at 237 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for occupational health and safety technicians in Oregon, on $65,000, is $49,270; deflated by the state's price level, $47,049. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $71,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,200 |
| This salary | $65,000 |
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 | $49,270 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,408 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,940 |
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 | $58,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,812 |
| 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 technicians in Oregon earn under $65,000 and half over. The published range runs $56,280 at the tenth percentile to $95,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $49,270, worked from $65,000. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 237 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,049 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 237.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety technicians in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,280 to $95,200; 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.
- The Oregon take-home of $49,270, on $65,000 for work ranking 237 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 237 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,049, worked from $65,000, 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 237 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 $71,240, 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 — $56,280 at the tenth percentile, $95,200 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 $47,049 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 $49,270.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $71,240. 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 ($56,280 to $95,200) 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 $47,049 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 $49,270 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.