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.
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.
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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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