Physical Therapist Aides in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,549
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$7,511
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,262
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
$36,060
Kept after tax
$28,549
Worth in national money
$27,262
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physical therapist aides is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $36,060, putting the state 15 of 50 — about 2.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 489 occupations Oregon publishes, physical therapist aides lands at 478. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $36,060, tax leaves $28,549 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $27,262 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $37,910, since top earners drag the number up.
- For physical therapist aides, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $36,060, ranking 15 of 50 and running about 2.33% 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, this work ranks 478 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $28,549 remains from the Oregon median of $36,060 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $27,262 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $37,910 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,490 |
| This salary | $36,060 |
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 | $28,549 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,154 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,798 |
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 | $32,818 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,802 |
| 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 physical therapist aides in Oregon earn under $36,060 and half over. The published range runs $31,430 at the tenth percentile to $44,490 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 $28,549, worked from $36,060. 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 478 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,262, the adjusted value of that $36,060 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 478 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist aides in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,430 to $44,490; 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 $28,549, on $36,060 for work ranking 478 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 478 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $27,262 — the adjusted value of that $36,060 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 478 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $37,910, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,430 at the bottom tenth to $44,490 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 $27,262 — 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, $28,549 remains.
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.
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 $37,910. 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 ($31,430 to $44,490) 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 $27,262 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 $28,549 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.