How much do Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood, the published 10th percentile is $39,370 and the 90th percentile is $63,220. The difference is $23,850, which is 47.9% 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 $46,580 to the 75th at $60,490, covers $13,910.

The mean annual wage is $51,690, which sits above the median of $49,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 16.3% higher than the national median of $42,770 for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,182, which is 10.3% 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 $49,740.

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 $49,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood at $47,182 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 3rd of 6 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).).

• Longview-Kelso, WA is 42 miles away, with a median of $60,100 and employment of 180. That median is 20.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,613, against $47,182 here.
• Salem, OR is 52 miles away, with a median of $47,050 and employment of 90. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,394, against $47,182 here.
• Albany, OR is 77 miles away, with a median of $45,700 and employment of 100. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,760, against $47,182 here.

Employment share

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (560 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (40,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.76 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.