Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Portland, OR

798 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Portland, OR for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$55,040	2,740	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$54,780	13,910	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$54,560	8,290	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$54,240	7,950	View salary detail
Tutors	$54,230	690	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$53,790	3,980	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$53,680	490	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$53,650	110	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$53,620	550	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$53,550	2,160	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$53,400	130	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$53,280	3,540	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$52,880	830	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$52,820	3,150	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$52,690	430	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,640	1,560	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$52,540	460	View salary detail
File Clerks	$52,280	480	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$52,120	4,220	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$52,050	70	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$52,010	1,040	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$51,980	840	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,870	300	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$51,710	5,930	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$51,680	950	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$51,570	280	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,460	690	View salary detail
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	$51,430	70	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,360	660	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$51,330	230	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$51,200	130	View salary detail
Craft Artists	$51,060	130	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$51,030	290	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$51,000	890	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$50,640	15,920	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$50,570	530	View salary detail
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$50,520	70	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,380	670	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$50,350	8,890	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$50,270	160	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$50,260	1,100	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$50,260	1,100	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$50,180	280	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$50,180	280	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$50,180	280	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$50,180	280	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$50,160	30	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$50,030	680	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$49,950	840	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$49,930	110	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.