How much do Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators, the published 10th percentile is $54,080 and the 90th percentile is $120,950. The difference is $66,870, which is 67.9% 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 $68,860 to the 75th at $98,540, covers $29,680.

The mean annual wage is $93,290, which sits below the median of $98,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 77.6% higher than the national median of $55,490 for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,473, which is 68.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Oregon median of $98,540.

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 $98,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators at $93,473 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 Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 1st 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 $82,580 and employment of 250. That median is 16.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,307, against $93,473 here.