Microbiologist Salary in Oregon

How much does a Microbiologist make in Oregon?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Microbiologist in Oregon is $84,208 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $40.

However, a Microbiologist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $102,006
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $76,358 to $93,524
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $69,210

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Microbiologist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$93,524	$7,794	$1,799	$45
Average	$84,208	$7,017	$1,619	$40
25th Percentile	$76,358	$6,363	$1,468	$37

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Key Factors That Influence Microbiologist Salaries

A Microbiologist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Microbiologist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Microbiologist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $59,047
Early Career (1-2 years): $73,185
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $83,523
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $94,011
Expert (over 8 years): $134,564

Levels	Salary
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$59,047
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$73,185
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$83,523
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$94,011
Microbiol... Level Microbiologist	$134,564

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How Do Microbiologist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Microbiologists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $91,812.
California: $91,464.
Massachusetts: $90,245.

District of Columbia $91,812 California $91,464 Massachusetts $90,245 Washington $89,913 New Jersey $89,880 Alaska $89,764 Connecticut $88,620 New York $88,155

Hawaii $86,671 Rhode Island $85,975 Maryland $85,502 Minnesota $84,855 Colorado $84,606 Illinois $84,523 Oregon $84,208 Delaware $83,976

New Hampshire $83,830 Virginia $83,503 Pennsylvania $82,550 Nevada $82,069 North Dakota $81,911 Michigan $81,663 Wisconsin $81,571 Vermont $81,389

Texas $80,883 Maine $80,850 Arizona $80,800 Ohio $80,742 Georgia $79,979 Indiana $79,598 Wyoming $79,523 Utah $79,407

Iowa $79,357 Kansas $78,959 Louisiana $78,843 North Carolina $78,802 Missouri $78,785 Florida $78,462 Montana $78,288 Nebraska $78,122

Kentucky $78,031 South Carolina $77,699 Tennessee $77,492 Idaho $77,409 New Mexico $76,803 Oklahoma $76,671 Alabama $76,181 South Dakota $75,360

Arkansas $74,913 West Virginia $74,672 Mississippi $73,951

Top Paying Cities for Microbiologists

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Antelope: $80,150
Aurora: $85,010
Beaverton: $86,723

Antelope, OR $80,150 Aurora, OR $85,010 Beaverton, OR $86,723 Beavercreek, OR $85,304 Boring, OR $85,855 Bridal Veil, OR $85,722 Brightwood, OR $84,386 Canby, OR $85,067

Cascade Locks, OR $83,178 Clackamas, OR $86,690 Clatskanie, OR $83,024 Colton, OR $84,410 Columbia City, OR $85,171 Corbett, OR $85,302 Donald, OR $84,556 Dufur, OR $80,587

Eagle Creek, OR $85,486 Estacada, OR $84,203 Fairview, OR $86,542 Gervais, OR $83,659 Gladstone, OR $86,660 Government Camp, OR $82,852 Grass Valley, OR $80,330 Gresham, OR $86,514

Hood River, OR $82,702 Hubbard, OR $84,125 Kent, OR $80,149 Lake Oswego, OR $86,869 Marylhurst, OR $86,757 Maupin, OR $80,245 Molalla, OR $83,707 Moro, OR $80,499

Mosier, OR $81,850 Mount Hood Parkdale, OR $82,396 Mulino, OR $84,967 Odell, OR $82,513 Oregon City, OR $86,053 Rainier, OR $84,231 Rhododendron, OR $83,609 Rufus, OR $80,749

Saint Helens, OR $84,900 Warren, OR $85,373 Deer Island, OR $84,596 Sandy, OR $84,826 Scappoose, OR $85,258 Shaniko, OR $80,414 The Dalles, OR $81,032 Troutdale, OR $86,212

Tualatin, OR $86,467 Tygh Valley, OR $80,952 Vernonia, OR $83,970 Wasco, OR $80,566 Welches, OR $83,972 West Linn, OR $86,468 Wilsonville, OR $85,929 Woodburn, OR $83,839

Happy Valley, OR $86,808 Damascus, OR $86,374 Amity, OR $83,450 Arch Cape, OR $81,251 Astoria, OR $81,778 Banks, OR $85,125 Bay City, OR $81,593 Beaver, OR $82,008

Buxton, OR $84,607 Cannon Beach, OR $81,216 Carlton, OR $83,659 Cloverdale, OR $81,502 Cornelius, OR $85,761 Dayton, OR $83,713 Dundee, OR $84,387 Forest Grove, OR $85,079

Gales Creek, OR $84,131 Garibaldi, OR $81,600 Gaston, OR $84,640 Hammond, OR $80,851 Hebo, OR $81,766 Hillsboro, OR $85,997 Manning, OR $84,699 Lafayette, OR $83,815

Mcminnville, OR $83,406 Manzanita, OR $81,493 Nehalem, OR $81,710 Newberg, OR $85,140 North Plains, OR $85,604 Oceanside, OR $81,312 Pacific City, OR $81,506 Rockaway Beach, OR $81,490

Saint Paul, OR $84,079 Seaside, OR $81,940 Sherwood, OR $86,023 Tillamook, OR $82,066 Netarts, OR $81,388 Timber, OR $84,091 Tolovana Park, OR $81,228 Warrenton, OR $81,192

Wheeler, OR $81,702 Yamhill, OR $83,921 Neskowin, OR $81,464 Portland, OR $86,887 Salem, OR $83,727 Keizer, OR $83,743 Albany, OR $82,902 Alsea, OR $81,493

Aumsville, OR $83,567 Blodgett, OR $81,585 Brownsville, OR $82,036 Cascadia, OR $81,067 Corvallis, OR $82,705 Crabtree, OR $82,819 Crawfordsville, OR $81,994 Dallas, OR $83,310

Depoe Bay, OR $81,179 Detroit, OR $80,856 Eddyville, OR $81,149 Falls City, OR $82,902 Foster, OR $81,703 Gates, OR $82,416 Grand Ronde, OR $82,559 Halsey, OR $82,050

Idanha, OR $80,921 Independence, OR $83,622 Jefferson, OR $83,443 Lebanon, OR $82,119 Logsden, OR $81,490 Lyons, OR $82,590 Mill City, OR $82,596 Monmouth, OR $83,091

Mount Angel, OR $83,637 Neotsu, OR $81,560 Newport, OR $81,022 South Beach, OR $80,757 Lincoln City, OR $81,460 Otis, OR $81,620 Otter Rock, OR $81,037 Philomath, OR $81,874

Rickreall, OR $83,636 Rose Lodge, OR $81,702 Saint Benedict, OR $83,625 Scio, OR $82,959 Scotts Mills, OR $83,429 Seal Rock, OR $80,662 Shedd, OR $82,016 Sheridan, OR $83,125

Siletz, OR $81,338 Silverton, OR $83,454 Stayton, OR $83,226 Mehama, OR $83,003 Sublimity, OR $83,362 Sweet Home, OR $81,851 Gleneden Beach, OR $81,267 Tangent, OR $82,163

Tidewater, OR $80,953 Toledo, OR $81,046 Turner, OR $83,581 Waldport, OR $80,761 Willamina, OR $82,839 Eugene, OR $82,566 Agness, OR $79,925 Allegany, OR $80,022

Alvadore, OR $82,487 Azalea, OR $80,860 Bandon, OR $80,084 Blachly, OR $81,784 Blue River, OR $80,520 Broadbent, OR $79,961 Brookings, OR $80,424 Camas Valley, OR $80,005

Canyonville, OR $80,603 Cheshire, OR $82,089 Coos Bay, OR $80,046 Coquille, OR $80,051 Cottage Grove, OR $81,812 Crescent Lake, OR $80,158 Creswell, OR $82,296 Culp Creek, OR $81,469

Curtin, OR $81,751 Days Creek, OR $80,498 Deadwood, OR $81,445 Dexter, OR $82,060 Dillard, OR $80,260 Dorena, OR $81,224 Drain, OR $81,456 Elkton, OR $80,883

Elmira, OR $82,197 Fall Creek, OR $81,950 Florence, OR $80,811 Gardiner, OR $80,154 Glendale, OR $80,692 Glide, OR $80,349 Gold Beach, OR $80,182 Harrisburg, OR $82,360

Idleyld Park, OR $80,154 Junction City, OR $82,306 Lakeside, OR $80,180 Langlois, OR $80,005 Lorane, OR $81,972 Lowell, OR $81,941 Mapleton, OR $80,983 Marcola, OR $82,198

Pleasant Hill, OR $82,419 Monroe, OR $81,940 Myrtle Creek, OR $80,268 Myrtle Point, OR $79,992 North Bend, OR $80,048 Noti, OR $81,922 Oakland, OR $80,758 Oakridge, OR $81,129

Ophir, OR $80,173 Port Orford, OR $80,063 Powers, OR $80,046 Reedsport, OR $80,614 Riddle, OR $80,432 Roseburg, OR $80,376 Scottsburg, OR $80,472 Springfield, OR $82,401

Sixes, OR $79,996 Sutherlin, OR $80,799 Swisshome, OR $81,072 Tenmile, OR $80,085 Thurston, OR $82,438 Tiller, OR $80,570 Umpqua, OR $80,308 Veneta, OR $82,127

Vida, OR $81,502 Walterville, OR $81,887 Walton, OR $81,618 Wedderburn, OR $80,229 Westfir, OR $81,399 Westlake, OR $80,582 Wilbur, OR $80,451 Winchester, OR $80,457

Winston, OR $80,101 Wolf Creek, OR $80,839 Yachats, OR $80,777 Yoncalla, OR $81,231 Medford, OR $82,202 Central Point, OR $82,086 White City, OR $81,570 Ashland, OR $81,606

Butte Falls, OR $81,081 Cave Junction, OR $80,852 Eagle Point, OR $81,744 Gold Hill, OR $81,891 Grants Pass, OR $81,248 Jacksonville, OR $81,742 Kerby, OR $80,978 Merlin, OR $80,724

Murphy, OR $81,558 O Brien, OR $80,812 Phoenix, OR $82,176 Prospect, OR $80,877 Rogue River, OR $81,521 Selma, OR $80,776 Shady Cove, OR $81,630 Talent, OR $82,019

Trail, OR $81,007 Wilderville, OR $80,946 Williams, OR $81,488 Klamath Falls, OR $80,862 Crater Lake, OR $79,993 Adel, OR $80,405 Beatty, OR $80,201 Bly, OR $80,278

Bonanza, OR $80,346 Chiloquin, OR $80,337 Dairy, OR $80,302 Fort Klamath, OR $80,311 Keno, OR $80,895 Lakeview, OR $80,472 Malin, OR $80,449 Merrill, OR $80,483

Midland, OR $80,570 New Pine Creek, OR $80,653 Paisley, OR $80,274 Plush, OR $80,367 Silver Lake, OR $80,245 Sprague River, OR $80,267 Summer Lake, OR $80,169 Christmas Valley, OR $80,303

Bend, OR $80,489 Fields, OR $80,388 Ashwood, OR $80,131 Brothers, OR $80,206 Burns, OR $80,400 Princeton, OR $80,249 Diamond, OR $80,196 Camp Sherman, OR $80,256

Chemult, OR $80,198 Crane, OR $80,337 Crescent, OR $80,157 Culver, OR $80,318 Fort Rock, OR $80,256 Frenchglen, OR $80,188 Gilchrist, OR $80,312 Hines, OR $80,417

La Pine, OR $80,399 Madras, OR $80,373 Mitchell, OR $80,195 Paulina, OR $80,226 Post, OR $80,190 Powell Butte, OR $80,381 Prineville, OR $80,385 Redmond, OR $80,498

Riley, OR $80,185 Sisters, OR $80,258 Terrebonne, OR $80,417 Warm Springs, OR $80,272 Pendleton, OR $82,974 Adams, OR $81,346 Arlington, OR $80,422 Athena, OR $83,158

Baker City, OR $80,470 Bates, OR $80,247 Boardman, OR $82,603 Bridgeport, OR $80,264 Canyon City, OR $80,376 Condon, OR $80,231 Cove, OR $80,387 Dayville, OR $80,289

Echo, OR $83,208 Elgin, OR $80,403 Enterprise, OR $80,217 Fossil, OR $80,244 Haines, OR $80,422 Halfway, OR $80,247 Helix, OR $85,117 Heppner, OR $80,282

Hereford, OR $80,299 Hermiston, OR $85,580 Lexington, OR $81,758 Oxbow, OR $79,884 Imbler, OR $80,447 Imnaha, OR $79,685 Ione, OR $80,400 Irrigon, OR $85,018

John Day, OR $80,507 Joseph, OR $80,124 Kimberly, OR $80,265 La Grande, OR $80,495 Long Creek, OR $80,279 Lostine, OR $80,316 Meacham, OR $80,421 Mikkalo, OR $80,521

Milton Freewater, OR $82,386 Monument, OR $80,262 Mount Vernon, OR $80,371 North Powder, OR $80,387 Pilot Rock, OR $80,682 Prairie City, OR $80,430 Richland, OR $80,167 Seneca, OR $80,381

Spray, OR $80,260 Stanfield, OR $85,355 Summerville, OR $80,413 Sumpter, OR $80,346 Ukiah, OR $80,267 Umatilla, OR $85,989 Union, OR $80,404 Unity, OR $80,388

Wallowa, OR $80,426 Weston, OR $81,567 Adrian, OR $79,059 Arock, OR $79,904 Brogan, OR $80,230 Drewsey, OR $80,330 Durkee, OR $80,175 Harper, OR $80,003

Huntington, OR $80,238 Ironside, OR $80,272 Jamieson, OR $80,017 Jordan Valley, OR $79,917 Juntura, OR $80,271 Nyssa, OR $79,444 Ontario, OR $79,617 Riverside, OR $80,190

Vale, OR $80,040 Westfall, OR $80,296

Microbiologist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Microbiologist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$76,358

Average $84,208/year

$93,524

$6,363

Average $7,017/month

$7,794

$1,468

Average $1,619/week

$1,799

$37

Average $40/hour

$45

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$93,524	$7,794	$1,799	$45
Average	$84,208	$7,017	$1,619	$40
25th Percentile	$76,358	$6,363	$1,468	$37

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