Highest Paying Jobs in Oregon

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$395,340

Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Top 25 Average

$229,518

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Oregon by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Obstetricians and Gynecologists pays a state median of $395,340, +35% above the national median of $292,910 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in Oregon - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $304,882, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 76 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Oregon, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Oregon is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Oregon, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$395,340	$292,910	+35% above	270
2	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$347,180	$265,930	+31% above	4,130
3	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$341,630	$213,990	+60% above	910
4	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$334,450	$300,080	+11% above	210
5	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$314,880	$281,870	+12% above	430
6	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$293,240	$244,180	+20% above	1,490
7	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$272,330	$236,590	+15% above	370
8	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$268,570	$256,560	+5% above	230
9	Dentists, All Other Specialists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$256,510	$224,990	+14% above	N/A
10	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$224,690	$210,040	+7% above	620
11	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$211,690	$170,950	+24% above	1,660
12	Podiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$207,430	$160,300	+29% above	170
13	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$206,220	$140,300	+47% above	730
14	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$200,320	$172,250	+16% above	90
15	Medical Dosimetrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$183,990	$147,470	+25% above	40
16	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$177,190	$171,270	+3% above	N/A
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$175,270	$175,140	same as	7,440
18	Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$174,980	$193,950	10% below	60
19	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$173,190	$232,140	25% below	750
20	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$167,010	$128,500	+30% above	250
21	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$166,400	$153,990	+8% above	40
22	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$165,960	$140,910	+18% above	3,250
23	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$161,560	$166,790	3% below	4,960
24	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$161,470	$149,230	+8% above	240
25	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$156,460	$166,570	6% below	7,610
26	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$155,810	$148,270	+5% above	5,260
27	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$155,780	$135,880	+15% above	2,250
28	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$155,680	$132,300	+18% above	2,820
29	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$154,490	$133,660	+16% above	430
30	Materials Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$150,550	$117,790	+28% above	100
31	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$146,900	$134,040	+10% above	240
32	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$143,120	$167,220	14% below	1,700
33	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$142,720	$135,980	+5% above	21,830
34	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$141,690	$123,860	+14% above	5,550
35	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$140,570	$149,280	6% below	2,810
36	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$138,600	$109,910	+26% above	230
37	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$138,250	$139,500	1% below	730
38	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$138,210	$159,670	13% below	7,150
39	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$137,490	$106,730	+29% above	340
40	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$137,190	$148,080	7% below	980
41	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$136,450	$123,920	+10% above	180
42	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$135,660	$134,050	+1% above	1,540
43	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$134,350	$100,580	+34% above	540
44	Art Directors Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$133,840	$114,850	+17% above	1,040
45	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,020	$136,570	3% below	560
46	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,600	$105,310	+25% above	160
47	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$131,420	$114,990	+14% above	4,300
48	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$131,190	$146,910	11% below	1,410
49	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$131,090	$95,320	+38% above	1,640
50	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$131,050	$103,020	+27% above	170
51	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$130,380	$130,000	same as	210
52	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$130,050	$105,870	+23% above	4,160
53	Registered Nurses Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,010	$97,550	+32% above	39,730
54	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$128,880	$130,100	1% below	1,660
55	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$128,290	$102,440	+25% above	5,810
56	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$128,170	$124,900	+3% above	540
57	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$128,140	$103,170	+24% above	340
58	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$127,100	$107,110	+19% above	650
59	Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$126,930	$101,420	+25% above	210
60	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$126,570	$133,000	5% below	510
61	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$125,990	$120,230	+5% above	2,140
62	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$125,580	$141,900	12% below	7,680
63	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$125,160	$120,630	+4% above	2,540
64	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$124,630	$134,960	8% below	250
65	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$124,400	$130,220	4% below	1,730
66	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$123,220	$122,930	same as	2,030
67	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,850	$112,860	+9% above	120
68	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$122,830	$105,070	+17% above	3,070
69	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,510	$109,370	+12% above	150
70	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$122,130	$106,040	+15% above	1,470
71	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$122,120	$124,720	2% below	320
72	Nuclear Medicine Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$122,100	$101,370	+20% above	180
73	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$122,080	$98,100	+24% above	3,600
74	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$121,920	$95,480	+28% above	510
75	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$121,620	$105,850	+15% above	5,640
76	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$120,760	$123,220	2% below	670
77	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$120,590	$102,740	+17% above	2,820
78	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$120,220	$96,590	+24% above	1,210
79	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$120,110	$104,590	+15% above	2,790
80	Insulation Workers, Mechanical Construction and Extraction Occupations	$119,480	$58,340	+105% above	170
81	Political Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$119,460	$142,080	16% below	N/A
82	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$119,420	$126,060	5% below	3,150
83	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$116,950	$125,040	6% below	140
84	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$116,020	$115,160	+1% above	180
85	Fire Inspectors and Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$115,080	$75,920	+52% above	N/A
86	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$113,830	$104,920	+8% above	3,040
87	Geography Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$113,500	$97,590	+16% above	180
88	Life Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$113,450	$93,750	+21% above	160
89	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$113,250	$114,130	1% below	2,620
90	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$112,310	$100,330	+12% above	1,170
91	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$112,260	$99,070	+13% above	100
92	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$111,030	$103,410	+7% above	1,030
93	Emergency Management Directors Management Occupations	$110,720	$93,330	+19% above	120
94	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$110,710	$106,660	+4% above	1,830
95	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$109,830	$102,040	+8% above	250
96	Gas Plant Operators Production Occupations	$109,760	$87,820	+25% above	70
97	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$109,580	$117,330	7% below	430
98	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$109,580	$122,570	11% below	290
99	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$109,560	$95,780	+14% above	140
100	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,440	$104,300	+4% above	1,840

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Oregon. The "Difference" column shows how Oregon pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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