Speech-Language Pathologists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,619
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$30,041
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,345
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
$102,660
Kept after tax
$72,619
Worth in national money
$69,345
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays speech-language pathologists a middle wage of $102,660, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 4.89% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, speech-language pathologists comes in at 84 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Oregon is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $102,660 the take-home is $72,619; in national-average money that behaves like $69,345. The average comes to $106,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Oregon's median for speech-language pathologists is $102,660, about 4.89% above the national figure and 9 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.
- Speech-language pathologists ranks 84 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for speech-language pathologists in Oregon, on $102,660, is $72,619; deflated by the state's price level, $69,345. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $106,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $143,000 |
| This salary | $102,660 |
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 | $72,619 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,051 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,063 |
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 | $90,673 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,425 |
| 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 $102,660. The published range is $74,410 up to $143,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,619 take-home in Oregon comes from $102,660. 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 84 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Oregon, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,345, the adjusted value of that $102,660 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 84 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $74,410 to $143,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,619, from $102,660, 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 84 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Oregon, so $69,345 — the adjusted value of that $102,660 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 84 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 $106,210 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $74,410 at the tenth percentile, $143,000 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 $69,345 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, $72,619 remains.
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.
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 $106,210. 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 ($74,410 to $143,000) 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 $69,345 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 $72,619 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.