School Psychologists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,719
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$31,351
29.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,351
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
$106,070
Kept after tax
$74,719
Worth in national money
$71,351
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays school psychologists a middle wage of $106,070, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 10.5% above the national middle.
- Within Oregon this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, school psychologists ranks 70 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $106,070, tax leaves $74,719 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $71,351 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $110,930, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's median for school psychologists is $106,070, about 10.5% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Oregon publishes a median for, school psychologists sits 70 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $74,719 remains from the Oregon median of $106,070 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $71,351 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $110,930 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,320 |
| This salary | $106,070 |
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 | $74,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,450 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,525 |
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 | $93,659 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,064 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,070 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,710 and the ninetieth is $146,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oregon's $74,719, worked from $106,070. 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 70 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,351, the adjusted value of that $106,070 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 70 of 489 in the state.
- The Oregon median of $106,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,710 to $146,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Oregon take-home of $74,719, on $106,070 for work ranking 70 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 70 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $71,351 — the adjusted value of that $106,070 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 70 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $110,930 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $83,710 at the bottom tenth to $146,320 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $71,351 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $74,719.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $110,930. 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 ($83,710 to $146,320) 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 $71,351 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 $74,719 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.