Psychiatry Physician Salary in Oregon (2026)
A Psychiatry physician practicing in Oregon can expect a base salary inside the national Psychiatry band of $255K to $360K, with the median tracking close to $290K. The Oregon variation on that number is driven mostly by anchor-employer comp structure in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Gresham, Bend, Medford and by shortage-area incentive stacking outside those metros — not by Oregon cost-of-living alone.
Psychiatry compensation snapshot for Oregon
- Typical Oregon base range
- $255K – $360K (national median $290K)
- National demand signal
- very high
- Top Oregon hiring metros
- Portland, Salem, Eugene, Gresham, Bend, Medford
- Oregon HPSA / shortage posture
- Eastern Oregon, southern Oregon, and the coast carry HPSA designations
- Primary board
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Where Psychiatry offers land highest in Oregon
Oregon is anchored by Providence Health & Services Oregon, OHSU, Legacy Health, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Asante, and PeaceHealth. For Psychiatry, the highest-comp Oregon opportunities I see are typically not in the urban core of Portland — they sit in rural and HPSA-designated counties where the same Psychiatry role carries a 10-25% base premium plus signing bonuses of $30K-$100K and loan repayment of $50K-$200K layered on top of base. That stacking can push an Oregon Psychiatry offer comfortably above the $360K national ceiling in year-one total cash.
Oregon incentive programs that boost Psychiatry take-home
The Oregon Partnership State Loan Repayment Program supports primary care, behavioral health, and dental providers in HPSA sites. The Oregon Health Authority administers several rural physician recruitment programs. The Oregon Conrad State 30 J-1 waiver program is consistently filled. NHSC loan repayment is widely used across rural eastern Oregon, southern Oregon, and the coast FQHCs. For Psychiatry specifically, these federal and state programs frequently add the equivalent of $30K-$60K per year of pre-tax value over the first three years of service.
How I benchmark a Psychiatry offer in Oregon
When a Psychiatry candidate sends me an Oregon offer, I check three things in order: (1) where the base lands inside the $255K–$360K band relative to MGMA regional percentiles, (2) the wRVU conversion factor and ramp/threshold structure, and (3) the call burden and stipend. Oregon's licensing pace also matters for ramp timing: The Oregon Medical Board licenses with a typical timeline of 60-120 days for US-trained physicians.
Engage a Oregon Psychiatry compensation review
Email hire@physicianrecruitment.com for a written Oregon Psychiatry compensation review of any offer you've received, at no cost. We benchmark against MGMA/AMGA percentiles and the active Oregon Psychiatry pipeline we're working in real time.