Paramedics in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,482
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$19,358
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,980
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
$74,840
Kept after tax
$55,482
Worth in national money
$52,980
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Oregon is one of the better-paying states for paramedics. The middle earner takes $74,840, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 23.5% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Oregon, this sits in the middle: 195 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $74,840, tax leaves $55,482 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $52,980 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,620.
- Oregon ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for paramedics, at $74,840 — about 23.5% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Paramedics ranks 195 of 489 occupations in Oregon by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $55,482 remains from the Oregon median of $74,840 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $52,980 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $73,620 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Paramedics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,900 |
| This salary | $74,840 |
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 | $55,482 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,287 |
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 | $66,337 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,479 |
| 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 $74,840. The published range is $51,850 up to $95,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $55,482 take-home in Oregon comes from $74,840. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 195 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,980 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 195.
- Reported values are medians; for paramedics in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,850 to $95,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $55,482, from $74,840, assumes a single Oregon filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 195 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,980, worked from $74,840, 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 195 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,850 at the bottom tenth to $95,900 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,980 — 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, $55,482 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 ($51,850 to $95,900) 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 $52,980 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 $55,482 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.