Kennel Attendant Salary in Oregon

Oregon's figures sit above the national ones at every percentile, but the size of the lead changes sharply across the distribution.

The 10th percentile, $33,510, is $6,260 — 23% — above the national $27,250, the widest advantage anywhere on the scale.

The 25th percentile, $35,150, is 18% above its national counterpart, $29,820.

At the middle the lead is thinnest: the Oregon median of $36,580 is $1,220, or 3%, above the national median of $35,360.

Above the middle the gap re-widens: the 75th percentile, $43,780, is 9% above the national $40,050, and the 90th percentile, $54,510, is 9% above $50,060.

Benchmarking an offer against the national median alone would miss how far up Oregon's distribution the national middle sits — $35,360 still lands just above the Oregon 25th percentile of $35,150.

Half of the Oregon workers counted earned between $35,150 and $43,780 — a band $8,630 wide, against $10,230 nationally.

The full span from the 10th to the 90th percentile is $21,000, also narrower than the national $22,810.

The narrowing is not symmetric.

Below the median both segments run tighter than national: $1,640 from the 10th to the 25th percentile against $2,570, and $1,430 from the 25th percentile to the median against $5,540.

Above the median both run wider: $7,200 from the median to the 75th percentile against $4,690, and $10,730 from the 75th to the 90th against $10,010.

That leaves the median sitting low in its own band — $1,430 above the 25th percentile, $7,200 below the 75th.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Oregon hourly median is $17.59, against $17.00 nationally — a $0.59 gap, or 3%, matching the annual median's position.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Oregon have a median of $55,810 — $19,230, or 53%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, 1.5 times as much.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what veterinary kennel work pays.