Pharmacy Technicians in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,039
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$12,861
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,143
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
$54,900
Kept after tax
$42,039
Worth in national money
$40,143
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacy technicians is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $54,900, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 20% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Oregon reports figures for, this is number 318.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $54,900 the take-home is $42,039; in national-average money that behaves like $40,143. The average comes to $55,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pharmacy technicians, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $54,900, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 20% 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.
- In Oregon's occupational distribution, pharmacy technicians sits at 318 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 pharmacy technicians in Oregon, on $54,900, is $42,039; deflated by the state's price level, $40,143. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $55,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,000 |
| This salary | $54,900 |
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 | $42,039 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,292 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,495 |
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 | $49,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,064 |
| 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 pharmacy technicians in Oregon earn under $54,900 and half over. The published range runs $44,530 at the tenth percentile to $68,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,039 take-home in Oregon comes from $54,900. 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 318 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,143 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 318.
- Figures are distribution medians for pharmacy technicians in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,530 to $68,000; 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.
- Retained pay of $42,039, from $54,900, 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 318 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,143, worked from $54,900, 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 318 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,530 at the tenth percentile, $68,000 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 $40,143 of national purchasing power.
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 $42,039 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,530 to $68,000) 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 $40,143 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 $42,039 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.