Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA moved from $59,040 in May 2024 to $60,690 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Electricians shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Electricians publishes $105,090 here versus $63,190 nationally (+66.3%; 7,340metro-area jobs). Next is Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters at $101,010 locally versus $63,800 nationally (+58.3%).
- Electricians$105,090 in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA sits 66.3% above the national Electricians median of $63,190 (7,340 published local jobs).
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$101,010 in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA sits 58.3% above the national Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters median of $63,800 (4,600 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$54,780 in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA sits 55.5% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (13,910 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$61,190 in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA sits 46.8% above the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (4,110 published local jobs).
Electricians and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38900 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $77K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #13/528
- RPP-ELEV 105.4
- OCC-MOST 671 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $524K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hartford-West Ha…
- BOOK-FULL 654 rows · May 2025
Read with Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($179 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
Employment scale inside Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,680 jobs · $183,720
- 2. Financial Managers 5,550 jobs · $164,680
- 3. Marketing Managers 4,050 jobs · $172,610
- 4. Sales Managers 3,910 jobs · $162,640
- 5. Physicians, All Other 2,940 jobs · $333,860
- 6. Pharmacists 2,070 jobs · $168,830
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 1,390 jobs · $158,890
- 8. Physician Assistants 1,110 jobs · $163,810
- 9. Natural Sciences Managers 1,040 jobs · $165,200
- 10. Dentists, General 990 jobs · $209,440
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 700 jobs · $286,170
- 12. Chief Executives 690 jobs · $375,810
- 13. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 670 jobs · $173,190
- 14. Computer and Information Research Scientists 660 jobs · $206,220
- 15. Pediatricians, General 480 jobs · $212,660
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 240 jobs · $246,070
- 17. Compensation and Benefits Managers 180 jobs · $168,540
- 18. General Internal Medicine Physicians 170 jobs · $269,700
Occupations Tracked
671
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$76,638
employment-weighted, 654 complete rows
Top Salary
$524,350
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
105.4
5% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $524,350 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $375,810 |
| 3 | Neurologists | $337,810 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $333,860 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $286,170 |
| 6 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $269,700 |
| 7 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $249,600 |
| 8 | Nurse Anesthetists | $246,070 |
| 9 | Podiatrists | $228,380 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $212,660 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $209,440 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $206,220 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $183,720 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $178,300 |
| 15 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $178,260 |
| 16 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $173,190 |
| 17 | Marketing Managers | $172,610 |
| 18 | Physicists | $172,080 |
| 19 | Pharmacists | $168,830 |
| 20 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $168,540 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $165,200 |
| 22 | Financial Managers | $164,680 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants | $163,810 |
| 24 | Sales Managers | $162,640 |
| 25 | Nurse Practitioners | $158,890 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $34,670 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $35,000 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $35,150 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,620 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,970 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $36,000 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $36,200 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $36,350 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $36,420 |
| Cashiers | $36,560 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OR
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside OR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($76,638 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA wage figures in a real decision
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric leads published medians in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA at $524,350/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $76,638 adjusts to about $72,697 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 105.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OR before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.