SOC 51-2031 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $64,240. The 10th percentile is $50,740 and the 90th percentile is $86,850. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$64,240

10th percentile
$50,740
25th percentile
$52,180
Median
$64,240
75th percentile
$66,320
90th percentile
$86,850
Mean
$65,690

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $50,740 and the 90th percentile is $86,850. The difference is $36,110, which is 56.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $52,180 to the 75th at $66,320, covers $14,140.

The mean annual wage is $65,690, which sits above the median of $64,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $53,710 for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,937, which is 13.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% higher than the Oregon median of $63,420.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engine and Other Machine Assemblers at $60,937 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $102,530 and employment of 210. That median is 59.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,259, against $60,937 here.

Employment share

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (100 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Engine and Other Machine Assemblers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $64,240. The 10th percentile is $50,740 and the 90th percentile is $86,850. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers?

The local median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $53,710.

What is Engine and Other Machine Assemblers pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,240 is $60,937. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA compare with nearby metros for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers?

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 134 miles away, at $102,530. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.