Eugene-Springfield, OR Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Eugene-Springfield, OR - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Eugene-Springfield, OR moved from $48,200 in May 2024 to $49,680 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Eugene-Springfield, OR sits -0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eugene-Springfield, OR
Registered Nurses publishes $113,720 here versus $97,550 nationally (+16.6%; 3,590metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $40,690 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+13.7%).
- Registered Nurses$113,720 in Eugene-Springfield, OR sits 16.6% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,590 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,690 in Eugene-Springfield, OR sits 13.7% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,630 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$94,170 in Eugene-Springfield, OR sits 11.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,090 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$40,180 in Eugene-Springfield, OR sits 9.2% above the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,270 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eugene-Springfield, OR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 21660 · Eugene-Springfield, OR $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #140/528
- RPP-MID 101.6
- OCC-MOST 433 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $347K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Bismarck, ND
- BOOK-FULL 424 rows · May 2025
Read with Bismarck, ND ($20 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Eugene-Springfield, OR
Employment scale inside Eugene-Springfield, OR's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Eugene-Springfield, OR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 590 jobs · $145,600
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 450 jobs · $141,880
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 360 jobs · $157,200
- 4. Sales Managers 350 jobs · $137,160
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 330 jobs · $132,470
- 6. Pharmacists 310 jobs · $155,890
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 290 jobs · $145,550
- 8. Marketing Managers 270 jobs · $133,010
- 9. Construction Managers 250 jobs · $124,190
- 10. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $145,030
- 11. Physicians, All Other 210 jobs · $347,180
- 12. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $125,310
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 140 jobs · $294,010
- 14. Dentists, General 140 jobs · $212,240
- 15. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 120 jobs · $140,270
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $157,720
- 17. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 100 jobs · $125,420
- 18. Emergency Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $313,350
Occupations Tracked
433
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,984
employment-weighted, 424 complete rows
Top Salary
$347,180
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
101.6
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $347,180 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $313,350 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $294,010 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $274,520 |
| 5 | Pediatricians, General | $269,550 |
| 6 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $260,000 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $212,240 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $157,720 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $157,200 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $155,890 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $145,600 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $145,550 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $145,030 |
| 14 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $141,880 |
| 15 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $140,270 |
| 16 | Law Teachers, Postsecondary | $139,160 |
| 17 | Sales Managers | $137,160 |
| 18 | Psychologists, All Other | $133,180 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $133,010 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $132,470 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $127,310 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $125,760 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $125,420 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $125,310 |
| 25 | Construction Managers | $124,190 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $31,330 |
| Religious Workers, All Other | $31,480 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $31,500 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $31,740 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,260 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $33,510 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $33,560 |
| Dishwashers | $33,850 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,990 |
| Cashiers | $34,110 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OR
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside OR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,984 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Eugene-Springfield, OR wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Eugene-Springfield, OR at $347,180/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,984 adjusts to about $62,012 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OR before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.