SALARY · ANIMAL CARETAKERS · OREGON

Animal Caretakers salary in Oregon

If Oregon is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for animal caretakers was $36,580. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$36,580

$18 per hour at the median · That is $1,220 (3.5 percent) above the national median of $35,360 for this occupation.

$40,380Mean annual salary
$19Mean hourly wage
$3,470People employed in this job in Oregon

Salary range

25th: $35,150Median: $36,58075th: $43,780
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$35,150
Median (50th percentile)$36,580
75th percentile$43,780
Mean$40,380

The middle half of workers earned from $35,150 to $43,780 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$29,401 a year
$2,450 a month
Federal tax $2,210 · FICA $2,798 · State tax $2,171

Caveat: this is a withholding publication verification, not a final return booklet verification. The final 2026 Form OR-40 instructions were not yet available at research time, and the annual return federal subtraction is federal tax liability, whereas the withholding formula subtracts federal tax withheld.

The Oregon statewide transit tax of 0.1 percent is separate and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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