Medical Equipment Preparers Salary — Bend, Oregon

The average Medical Equipment Preparers in Bend, Oregon earns $49,080 a year.

$49,080 / year, mean
↓ 4.3% below national average 29th percentile in Oregon

Bend pays below most of Oregon for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for medical equipment preparers — 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 high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
110
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 104 #30 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 $672,286 #14 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $85,509 #37 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bend ranks #30 for cost of living and #14 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 $84,800 San Francisco $77,440 Vallejo $76,760 Sacramento $74,690 Santa Cruz $70,730 San Luis Obispo $70,360 San Diego $67,180 Stockton $65,500 Santa Rosa $65,140 Seattle $63,660 Oxnard $63,520 Riverside $62,780 Salinas $59,580 Redding $59,530 Los Angeles $58,600 New York $57,640 Dallas $55,060 Santa Maria $54,570 Kennewick $54,310 Atlantic City $54,200 Wenatchee $53,490 Portland $53,450 Spokane $53,260 Austin $53,200 Visalia $52,880 Chicago $52,720 Bakersfield $52,300 Corvallis $52,170 Trenton $52,110 Chico $51,440 Philadelphia $51,380 Salem $50,940 Grants Pass $50,920 Bellingham $50,540 Fresno $50,400 Medford $50,180 Houston $50,170 Kiryas Joel $50,140 Merced $49,800 Bremerton $49,480 Flint $49,310 Tampa $49,200 Sarasota $49,120 Louisville $49,090 Bend $49,080 Baltimore $49,030 Yakima $48,960 Naples $48,880 Mount Vernon $48,650 Olympia $48,510 Miami $48,480 Ann Arbor $48,280 Binghamton $48,190 Fort Myers $48,110 Detroit $48,050 Huntington $47,860 Paducah $47,740 Syracuse $47,660 Hagerstown $47,580 Rochester $47,580 Utica $47,520 Indianapolis $47,440 Tyler $47,260 Allentown $47,180 Buffalo $47,080 Eugene $46,750 Jacksonville $46,630 Lexington $46,600 Lansing $46,430 San Antonio $46,420 Bloomington $46,220 Peoria $46,150 Richmond $46,150 Pensacola $46,010 Kalamazoo $45,880 Chambersburg $45,810 Albany $45,800 Grand Rapids $45,730 Rockford $45,690 Ocala $45,680 Saginaw $45,520 Sebastian $45,450 Scranton $45,350 Lancaster $45,150 Elkhart $45,050 Orlando $45,040 Harrisburg $44,910 South Bend $44,670 Pittsburgh $44,410 York $44,250 Virginia Beach $44,170 Port St. Lucie $44,160 Evansville $44,110 Fort Wayne $43,960 Champaign $43,890 El Paso $43,790 Erie $43,620 Lafayette $43,580 Lubbock $43,140 Bloomington $42,950 Reading $42,910 Charleston $42,850 Amarillo $42,770 Palm Bay $42,700 Traverse City $42,680 Homosassa Springs $42,260 Springfield $42,050 Deltona $41,840 Lakeland $41,300 Wildwood $40,770 Tallahassee $40,620 Beaumont $40,140 McAllen $39,260 Longview $39,250 Corpus Christi $38,620
CityMean salaryvs. Bend
Albany, New York$45,800-6.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$47,180-3.9%
Amarillo, Texas$42,770-12.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$48,280-1.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$54,200+10.4%
Austin, Texas$53,200+8.4%
Bakersfield, California$52,300+6.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$49,030-0.1%
Beaumont, Texas$40,140-18.2%
Bellingham, Washington$50,540+3.0%
Binghamton, New York$48,190-1.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$42,950-12.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$46,220-5.8%
Bremerton, Washington$49,480+0.8%
Buffalo, New York$47,080-4.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$48,110-2.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$45,810-6.7%
Champaign, Illinois$43,890-10.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$42,850-12.7%
Chicago, Illinois$52,720+7.4%
Chico, California$51,440+4.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$38,620-21.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$52,170+6.3%
Dallas, Texas$55,060+12.2%
Deltona, Florida$41,840-14.8%
Detroit, Michigan$48,050-2.1%
Elkhart, Indiana$45,050-8.2%
El Paso, Texas$43,790-10.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$43,620-11.1%
Eugene, Oregon$46,750-4.7%
Evansville, Indiana$44,110-10.1%
Flint, Michigan$49,310+0.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$43,960-10.4%
Fresno, California$50,400+2.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$45,730-6.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$50,920+3.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$47,580-3.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$44,910-8.5%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$42,260-13.9%
Houston, Texas$50,170+2.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$47,860-2.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$47,440-3.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$46,630-5.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$45,880-6.5%
Kennewick, Washington$54,310+10.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$50,140+2.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$43,580-11.2%
Lakeland, Florida$41,300-15.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$45,150-8.0%
Lansing, Michigan$46,430-5.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$46,600-5.1%
Longview, Texas$39,250-20.0%
Los Angeles, California$58,600+19.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,090+0.0%
Lubbock, Texas$43,140-12.1%
McAllen, Texas$39,260-20.0%
Medford, Oregon$50,180+2.2%
Merced, California$49,800+1.5%
Miami, Florida$48,480-1.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$48,650-0.9%
Naples, Florida$48,880-0.4%
New York, New York$57,640+17.4%
Sarasota, Florida$49,120+0.1%
Ocala, Florida$45,680-6.9%
Olympia, Washington$48,510-1.2%
Orlando, Florida$45,040-8.2%
Oxnard, California$63,520+29.4%
Paducah, Kentucky$47,740-2.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$42,700-13.0%
Pensacola, Florida$46,010-6.3%
Peoria, Illinois$46,150-6.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$51,380+4.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$44,410-9.5%
Portland, Oregon$53,450+8.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$44,160-10.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$42,910-12.6%
Redding, California$59,530+21.3%
Richmond, Virginia$46,150-6.0%
Riverside, California$62,780+27.9%
Rochester, New York$47,580-3.1%
Rockford, Illinois$45,690-6.9%
Sacramento, California$74,690+52.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$45,520-7.3%
Salem, Oregon$50,940+3.8%
Salinas, California$59,580+21.4%
San Antonio, Texas$46,420-5.4%
San Diego, California$67,180+36.9%
San Francisco, California$77,440+57.8%
San Jose, California$84,800+72.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$70,360+43.4%
Santa Cruz, California$70,730+44.1%
Santa Maria, California$54,570+11.2%
Santa Rosa, California$65,140+32.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$45,350-7.6%
Seattle, Washington$63,660+29.7%
Sebastian, Florida$45,450-7.4%
South Bend, Indiana$44,670-9.0%
Spokane, Washington$53,260+8.5%
Springfield, Illinois$42,050-14.3%
Stockton, California$65,500+33.5%
Syracuse, New York$47,660-2.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$40,620-17.2%
Tampa, Florida$49,200+0.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$42,680-13.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$52,110+6.2%
Tyler, Texas$47,260-3.7%
Utica, New York$47,520-3.2%
Vallejo, California$76,760+56.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$44,170-10.0%
Visalia, California$52,880+7.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$53,490+9.0%
Wildwood, Florida$40,770-16.9%
Yakima, Washington$48,960-0.2%
York, Pennsylvania$44,250-9.8%
Gross salary
49,080/yr
Estimated take-home
38,203/yr
Est. total withheld
22.2%

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 Bend

These notes add local color around Bend, 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 31-9093 SOC code
Official area Bend, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 13460 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
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)
253,650