Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Eugene, Oregon

The average Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Eugene, Oregon earns $124,780 a year.

$124,780 / year, mean
↑ 52.7% above 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 a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for education teachers, postsecondary than the U.S. average. 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)
N/A
Estimate confidence
RSE 7.6%
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.

San Jose $130,400 Eugene $124,780 Riverside $124,070 San Diego $122,520 Ann Arbor $113,890 Los Angeles $110,600 San Francisco $108,550 Ithaca $106,960 College Station $105,560 Sacramento $99,580 Buffalo $97,450 Lansing $96,420 New York $96,080 Detroit $90,970 Rochester $89,580 Portland $87,570 Grand Rapids $87,190 Seattle $86,540 Austin $84,140 McAllen $83,640 Harrisburg $83,440 Albany $82,490 Baltimore $81,500 Philadelphia $79,880 Amarillo $79,220 Beaumont $79,130 Syracuse $78,430 Houston $77,880 Spokane $77,720 Reading $77,600 Kiryas Joel $77,060 Richmond $76,720 Pittsburgh $75,560 Virginia Beach $75,470 Harrisonburg $75,070 Terre Haute $73,900 Tyler $73,710 Indianapolis $73,530 Dallas $73,000 Fort Wayne $72,940 Huntington $72,800 Evansville $72,780 South Bend $71,770 Lexington $71,650 Salem $71,190 Erie $71,100 Brownsville $71,080 Miami $70,760 Bloomington $68,890 Jacksonville $68,550 San Antonio $68,290 Charleston $68,190 Louisville $67,770 Deltona $67,240 Chicago $66,660 Orlando $66,200 Allentown $65,850 Lakeland $65,740 Corvallis $65,050 El Paso $65,050 Lubbock $63,350 Laredo $62,840 Tampa $61,720 Trenton $60,700 Roanoke $60,000 Abilene $58,300 Yakima $57,190 Scranton $55,220 Sarasota $46,570
CityMean salaryvs. Eugene
Abilene, Texas$58,300-53.3%
Albany, New York$82,490-33.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,850-47.2%
Amarillo, Texas$79,220-36.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$113,890-8.7%
Austin, Texas$84,140-32.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$81,500-34.7%
Beaumont, Texas$79,130-36.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$68,890-44.8%
Brownsville, Texas$71,080-43.0%
Buffalo, New York$97,450-21.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$68,190-45.4%
Chicago, Illinois$66,660-46.6%
College Station, Texas$105,560-15.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$65,050-47.9%
Dallas, Texas$73,000-41.5%
Deltona, Florida$67,240-46.1%
Detroit, Michigan$90,970-27.1%
El Paso, Texas$65,050-47.9%
Erie, Pennsylvania$71,100-43.0%
Evansville, Indiana$72,780-41.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$72,940-41.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$87,190-30.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$83,440-33.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$75,070-39.8%
Houston, Texas$77,880-37.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$72,800-41.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$73,530-41.1%
Ithaca, New York$106,960-14.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$68,550-45.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$77,060-38.2%
Lakeland, Florida$65,740-47.3%
Lansing, Michigan$96,420-22.7%
Laredo, Texas$62,840-49.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$71,650-42.6%
Los Angeles, California$110,600-11.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$67,770-45.7%
Lubbock, Texas$63,350-49.2%
McAllen, Texas$83,640-33.0%
Miami, Florida$70,760-43.3%
New York, New York$96,080-23.0%
Sarasota, Florida$46,570-62.7%
Orlando, Florida$66,200-46.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$79,880-36.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$75,560-39.4%
Portland, Oregon$87,570-29.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$77,600-37.8%
Richmond, Virginia$76,720-38.5%
Riverside, California$124,070-0.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$60,000-51.9%
Rochester, New York$89,580-28.2%
Sacramento, California$99,580-20.2%
Salem, Oregon$71,190-42.9%
San Antonio, Texas$68,290-45.3%
San Diego, California$122,520-1.8%
San Francisco, California$108,550-13.0%
San Jose, California$130,400+4.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$55,220-55.7%
Seattle, Washington$86,540-30.6%
South Bend, Indiana$71,770-42.5%
Spokane, Washington$77,720-37.7%
Syracuse, New York$78,430-37.1%
Tampa, Florida$61,720-50.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$73,900-40.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$60,700-51.4%
Tyler, Texas$73,710-40.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$75,470-39.5%
Yakima, Washington$57,190-54.2%
Gross salary
124,780/yr
Estimated take-home
86,936/yr
Est. total withheld
30.3%

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.

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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 25-1081 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