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Accountants and Auditors

Corvallis, OR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 210.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$77,200 · 50th
$53,23010th
$61,66025th
$77,20050th
$98,47075th
$119,70090th

That is the medianhalf of accountants and auditors in Corvallis earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$77,200 in Corvallis buys what $74,200 buys across the country as a whole.

Corvallis's regional price parity is 104.0 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Oregon

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Corvallis
Portland$92,200$87,500105.4+17.8%
Salem$87,480$84,400103.6+13.7%
Bend$86,030$83,000103.6+11.9%
Albany$81,970$80,300102.1+8.2%
Medford$81,210$80,100101.4+7.9%
Eugene$79,930$78,700101.6+6.0%
Grants Pass$78,070$79,90097.8+7.6%
Corvallis This page$77,200$74,200104.0

Price parity and difference against Corvallis are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 21.3% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 2.1% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
210 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-2011, Accountants and Auditors. Mapped to our taxonomy as accountants-and-auditors.

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