Occupational Therapy Assistants in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,720
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$20,130
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,163
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
$76,850
Kept after tax
$56,720
Worth in national money
$54,163
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays this job a middle wage of $76,850, ranking 9 of 50 states and sitting about 6.29% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 180.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $76,850 the take-home is $56,720. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,163 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $76,610, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Oregon's median for occupational therapy assistants is $76,850, about 6.29% above the national figure and 9 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, occupational therapy assistants sits at 180 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $56,720 for occupational therapy assistants, from $76,850. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,163. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $76,610 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,010 |
| This salary | $76,850 |
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 | $56,720 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,894 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,560 |
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 | $68,074 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,059 |
| 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 $76,850. The published range is $65,190 up to $86,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $56,720, worked from $76,850. 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 180 of 489.
- Two cautions on $54,163, the adjusted value of that $76,850 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 180 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,190 to $86,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oregon take-home of $56,720, on $76,850 for work ranking 180 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 180 of 489 in the state.
- This $54,163 adjusted figure, worked from $76,850, 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 180 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 180 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $65,190 and the top tenth $86,010, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,163 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $56,720 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,190 to $86,010) 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 $54,163 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 $56,720 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.