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Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in Portland, OR

The median medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA earns $54,560 a year, 19% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,448 a month.

10th percentile
$46,030
25th percentile
$48,270
Median percentile
$54,560
75th percentile
$60,350
90th percentile
$73,290

Based on 8,290 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$41,381 take-home a year
Gross pay$54,560
Federal income tax−$4,367
Social Security + Medicare−$4,174
Oregon income tax (approx.)−$4,638
Monthly take-home$3,448
Every two weeks$1,592

Does it go far here?

$51,754Median pay in Portland, OR is worth this at average US prices (local price level 105.4 vs 100).
50%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,724 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Portland, OR

JobMedian pay
Chief Executives$375,810
Physicians, All Other$333,860
Family Medicine Physicians$286,170
Dentists, General$209,440
Computer and Information Research Scientists$206,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers$183,720
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$173,190
Marketing Managers$172,610

All medical secretaries and administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Oregon