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title: "Average Salary in Portland, OR-WA"
description: "Mean $78,430, median $60,690 in the Portland metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Portland, OR-WA

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $78,430, median $60,690 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 1,208,410 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $57,570.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $37,200 |
| 25th | $45,320 |
| 50th | $60,690 |
| 75th | $95,640 |
| 90th | $136,920 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 105.4 |
| Housing (rents) | 125.1 |
| Goods | 105.2 |
| Utilities | 107.0 |
| Other services | 100.1 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist): $223,160
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $218,750
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $216,780
- [Podiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/podiatrist): $211,080
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $210,060
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $190,050
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $188,970
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $181,210
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $181,110
- [Medical and Health Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-and-health-services-manager): $179,500

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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