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SOC 25-9099 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other — Oregon

Oregon · 8 metro areas compared

$48,160 /year
$23.16per hour
4,200jobs in area
−5.4%vs US median

The median wage for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Oregon is $48,160 per year, close to the national median of $50,890 for the same occupation.

Wage distribution · annual

Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners

US MEDIAN $50,89010TH$33,460MEDIAN$48,16075TH$61,97090TH$83,860

How pay has moved

$51,590$31,0102019202020212022202320242025$48,160
$34,440 in 2019 to $48,160 in 2025, +39.8% before inflation. BLS states that OEWS estimates are not designed for comparison across years: the occupational classification, the sampling frame and the survey method have all changed inside this window. Read the direction, not the exact difference.

The next ten years

Projected to grow more slowly than average

Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
+1.5%
Openings per year
12,500
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree

Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.

Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Oregon.

Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.

Salary overview

The median wage for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Oregon is $48,160 per year, close to the national median of $50,890 for the same occupation. Pay ranges from under $33,460 at the tenth percentile to more than $83,860 at the ninetieth, with the interquartile range running from $38,270 to $61,970.

The area has 4,200 jobs in this occupation, which works out to 2.1 of every thousand jobs. Among the 50 states with published data for this occupation, Oregon ranks 31st by median wage. Corvallis leads the state's metro areas for this occupation, at $61,970. Set against every other occupation measured in the same area, it ranks 582nd of 727 by median pay.

Percentile breakdown

Annual wages by percentile · Oregon · May 2025
PercentileAnnualvs US median
10th$33,460−34.3%
25th$38,270−24.8%
Median (50th)$48,160−5.4%
75th$61,970+21.8%
90th$83,860+64.8%
Mean$56,870+11.8%

Why the average earner is usually not a typical earner

Highest-paying metro areas in Oregon

Median annual wage for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other, by metro area
#Metro areaMedianJobsRelative
1Corvallis$61,970290
2Salem$51,330320
3Portland$49,5402,110
4Grants Pass$49,17040
5Eugene$48,160340
6Medford$46,980190
7Albany$41,06060
8Bend$33,780320

What the pay is worth locally

Prices in Oregon run 3.4% above the national average, so the median of $48,160 buys what $46,576 would elsewhere in the country. Measured that way the gap against the national median narrows to 8.5% below the national median in real terms.

Published median

$48,160as reported by BLS

Local price level

103.4US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Adjusted for local prices

$46,576US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest

Key takeaways

  • Median pay is $48,160 a year, 5.4% below the national median.
  • Published pay spans $33,460 to $83,860 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
  • The area has 4,200 jobs in this occupation.
  • It ranks 31st of 50 states for this occupation.
  • The highest-paying metro area covered is Corvallis, at $61,970.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Oregon?

The median annual wage is $48,160, or $23.16 per hour, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.

Is that higher than the national average?

The national median for this occupation is $50,890, so pay in Oregon is 5.4% lower. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.

What do the top earners make?

The top tenth of this occupation in Oregon earns more than $83,860 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.

What is the starting range?

The tenth percentile wage is $33,460 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.

Which area nearby pays the most?

The highest median for this occupation among the metro areas covered is in Corvallis, at $61,970 per year.

How many jobs are there in this occupation here?

The survey estimates 4,200 jobs in this occupation in Oregon. Self-employed workers are not included.

Source and methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.