Radiation Therapists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,205
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$41,395
31.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,139
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
$131,600
Kept after tax
$90,205
Worth in national money
$86,139
State rank
2
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for radiation therapists is strong here. Oregon's middle earner gets $131,600, putting the state 2 of 46 — about 24.96% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oregon. It ranks 27 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $131,600 the take-home is $90,205; in national-average money that behaves like $86,139. The average comes to $132,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For radiation therapists, Oregon sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $131,600, ranking 2 of 46 and running about 24.96% 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, radiation therapists ranks 27 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for radiation therapists in Oregon, on $131,600, is $90,205; deflated by the state's price level, $86,139. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $132,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $107,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,500 |
| This salary | $131,600 |
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 | $90,205 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,215 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$18,018 |
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 | $115,672 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,167 |
| 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 $131,600. The published range is $107,870 up to $159,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $90,205 take-home in Oregon comes from $131,600. 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 27 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,139, the adjusted value of that $131,600 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 27 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for radiation therapists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $107,870 to $159,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $90,205, from $131,600, 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 27 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $86,139 — the adjusted value of that $131,600 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 27 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $107,870 at the tenth percentile, $159,500 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 $86,139 of national purchasing power.
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, $90,205 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($107,870 to $159,500) 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 $86,139 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 $90,205 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.