Chemical Technicians Salary — Eugene, Oregon

The average Chemical Technicians in Eugene, Oregon earns $63,950 a year.

$63,950 / year, mean
↓ 0.2% below national average 100th percentile in Oregon

Eugene sits at the very top of the range for this role in Oregon — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for chemical technicians — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
30
Estimate confidence
RSE 6.1%
Cost of living 102 #44 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $459,366 #31 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $69,311 #112 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Eugene ranks #44 for cost of living and #31 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Niles $81,900 Beaumont $80,360 Midland $78,310 Evansville $77,350 San Francisco $76,990 Kennewick $74,750 Houston $74,450 Bay City $72,990 Scranton $71,920 San Jose $71,610 Vallejo $70,500 Philadelphia $70,390 Lafayette $70,360 Syracuse $70,010 Bellingham $69,780 Dallas $69,520 Corpus Christi $68,380 Odessa $67,930 Albany $67,090 Kalamazoo $66,230 Allentown $66,170 Chicago $66,160 Hagerstown $65,630 Bowling Green $65,470 Sacramento $65,170 Terre Haute $64,880 Lynchburg $64,750 Spokane $64,690 Eugene $63,950 Longview $63,890 Seattle $63,610 Midland $63,590 New York $63,460 Los Angeles $63,410 Lexington $62,460 Tallahassee $62,450 Lansing $62,030 Austin $61,740 Trenton $61,240 Indianapolis $61,060 San Diego $60,910 Bakersfield $60,790 Buffalo $60,490 Reading $60,310 Louisville $60,240 Santa Maria $60,220 Bloomington $60,170 Peoria $60,120 Sarasota $59,620 Palm Bay $59,610 Kiryas Joel $59,570 Owensboro $59,440 Rochester $58,900 Jacksonville $58,850 Napa $58,780 Santa Rosa $58,670 Detroit $58,570 Santa Cruz $58,240 Pensacola $58,130 Lakeland $58,100 Riverside $58,080 Oxnard $58,010 Pittsburgh $57,880 York $57,800 San Antonio $57,400 Portland $57,280 Miami $56,920 Modesto $56,350 Blacksburg $56,300 Grand Rapids $56,170 Stockton $55,400 Salinas $55,350 Altoona $55,290 Deltona $55,260 Richmond $55,060 Tampa $55,010 Charlottesville $54,950 Waco $54,910 Gainesville $54,490 Huntington $54,270 Fresno $54,190 San Luis Obispo $53,520 Virginia Beach $53,400 Ann Arbor $51,970 Visalia $51,900 Harrisburg $51,700 South Bend $51,400 Binghamton $51,260 Orlando $49,260 Columbus $49,230 Fort Wayne $49,200 Amarillo $49,110 Salisbury $48,370 Baltimore $47,440 College Station $40,960
CityMean salaryvs. Eugene
Albany, New York$67,090+4.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$66,170+3.5%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$55,290-13.5%
Amarillo, Texas$49,110-23.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$51,970-18.7%
Austin, Texas$61,740-3.5%
Bakersfield, California$60,790-4.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,440-25.8%
Bay City, Michigan$72,990+14.1%
Beaumont, Texas$80,360+25.7%
Bellingham, Washington$69,780+9.1%
Binghamton, New York$51,260-19.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$56,300-12.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$60,170-5.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$65,470+2.4%
Buffalo, New York$60,490-5.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$54,950-14.1%
Chicago, Illinois$66,160+3.5%
College Station, Texas$40,960-35.9%
Columbus, Indiana$49,230-23.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$68,380+6.9%
Dallas, Texas$69,520+8.7%
Deltona, Florida$55,260-13.6%
Detroit, Michigan$58,570-8.4%
Evansville, Indiana$77,350+21.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$49,200-23.1%
Fresno, California$54,190-15.3%
Gainesville, Florida$54,490-14.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,170-12.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$65,630+2.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$51,700-19.2%
Houston, Texas$74,450+16.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$54,270-15.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$61,060-4.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$58,850-8.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$66,230+3.6%
Kennewick, Washington$74,750+16.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$59,570-6.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$70,360+10.0%
Lakeland, Florida$58,100-9.1%
Lansing, Michigan$62,030-3.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$62,460-2.3%
Longview, Texas$63,890-0.1%
Los Angeles, California$63,410-0.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$60,240-5.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$64,750+1.3%
Miami, Florida$56,920-11.0%
Midland, Michigan$78,310+22.5%
Midland, Texas$63,590-0.6%
Modesto, California$56,350-11.9%
Napa, California$58,780-8.1%
New York, New York$63,460-0.8%
Niles, Michigan$81,900+28.1%
Sarasota, Florida$59,620-6.8%
Odessa, Texas$67,930+6.2%
Orlando, Florida$49,260-23.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$59,440-7.1%
Oxnard, California$58,010-9.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$59,610-6.8%
Pensacola, Florida$58,130-9.1%
Peoria, Illinois$60,120-6.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$70,390+10.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,880-9.5%
Portland, Oregon$57,280-10.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$60,310-5.7%
Richmond, Virginia$55,060-13.9%
Riverside, California$58,080-9.2%
Rochester, New York$58,900-7.9%
Sacramento, California$65,170+1.9%
Salinas, California$55,350-13.4%
Salisbury, Maryland$48,370-24.4%
San Antonio, Texas$57,400-10.2%
San Diego, California$60,910-4.8%
San Francisco, California$76,990+20.4%
San Jose, California$71,610+12.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$53,520-16.3%
Santa Cruz, California$58,240-8.9%
Santa Maria, California$60,220-5.8%
Santa Rosa, California$58,670-8.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$71,920+12.5%
Seattle, Washington$63,610-0.5%
South Bend, Indiana$51,400-19.6%
Spokane, Washington$64,690+1.2%
Stockton, California$55,400-13.4%
Syracuse, New York$70,010+9.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,450-2.3%
Tampa, Florida$55,010-14.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$64,880+1.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$61,240-4.2%
Vallejo, California$70,500+10.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,400-16.5%
Visalia, California$51,900-18.8%
Waco, Texas$54,910-14.1%
York, Pennsylvania$57,800-9.6%
Gross salary
63,950/yr
Estimated take-home
49,006/yr
Est. total withheld
23.4%

Single filer, federal + Oregon state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Chemical Technicians salaries in Oregon → All Chemical Technicians salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Eugene

These notes add local color around Eugene, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 19-4031 SOC code
Official area Eugene-Springfield, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 21660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Springfield
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
382,628