Accountant Salary in Oregon (2026)

Worth knowing: Oregon's $1M estate exemption is the country's lowest state estate exemption alongside Massachusetts ($2M) and a feature most national accounting-career surveys understate for OR. Oregon's estate tax (ORS 118.150 et seq., $1M exemption with progressive 10-16% rates) is by far the most aggressive HNW relocation trigger in the upper Western US — OR-resident retirees with substantial home equity (Portland metro median home ~$540K), retirement accounts ($1M-$3M typical late-career balances), and other assets routinely cross the $1M threshold by mid-50s, creating substantial estate planning practice opportunity for OR CPAs + attorneys specializing in WA cross-border residency planning (WA has no income tax + no estate tax under $3M). Senior OR private-client tax specialists at Moss Adams + Geffen Mesher + Aldrich clear $118-200K TC. Moss Adams Portland (~$1.2B firm revenue, the country's 11th-largest accounting firm by revenue, HQ Seattle but substantial OR practice) operates substantial Pacific Northwest tax + audit + advisory. Geffen Mesher Portland (~150 professionals, the largest OR-HQ'd CPA firm) anchors mid-market OR practice. OR's 9.9% top bracket catches partner + director comp at $250K+ TC — Portland-metro residents face additional Multnomah PFA + Metro SHS pushing Portland-resident top to 13.9%+ at $250K+. OR has NO sales tax — distinctive vs. nearly all peer states.