Psychologist Salary in Oregon (2026)

Worth knowing: Pacific University School of Graduate Psychology Hillsboro is one of the longest-established Psy.D programs in the Pacific Northwest and a feature most national psychology-career surveys understate for OR. Pacific University Psy.D (founded 1986 at the Hillsboro campus, ~80 Psy.D students total, the only Psy.D-granting institution in OR plus George Fox University Psy.D Newberg as the second OR Psy.D program) anchors substantial OR clinical psychology pipeline — Pacific U Psy.D graduates make up a meaningful share of OR's clinical psychology workforce. OHSU Psychiatry is the only academic medical center psychiatry department in OR with substantial research + clinical mix including OHSU's Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center + OHSU Center for Mental Health Innovation. Cedar Hills Hospital Beaverton (~80-bed psychiatric hospital post-2012 Universal Health Services acquisition, the largest OR private psychiatric hospital) anchors OR inpatient psychiatric care. Oregon State Hospital Salem (~600-bed state-run psychiatric facility) is the country's #2 oldest continuously operating state psychiatric hospital — substantial forensic psychology practice supporting senior forensic psychologists at $130-215K TC. OR joined PsyPact in 2019 — supporting OR psychologists across compact-state lines via telepsychology, important specialty for the Portland + Eugene private-practice cluster. OR's 9.9% top bracket catches senior clinical + private-practice psychology comp at $200K+ TC — Portland-metro residents face additional Multnomah PFA + Metro SHS pushing combined Portland-resident top to 13.9%+ at $250K+.