SOC 51-9197 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Tire Builders 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 Tire Builders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $44,600. The 10th percentile is $44,600 and the 90th percentile is $66,670. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$44,600
- 10th percentile
- $44,600
- 25th percentile
- $44,600
- Median
- $44,600
- 75th percentile
- $55,430
- 90th percentile
- $66,670
- Mean
- $50,860
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Tire Builders, the published 10th percentile is $44,600 and the 90th percentile is $66,670. The difference is $22,070, which is 49.5% 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 $44,600 to the 75th at $55,430, covers $10,830.
The mean annual wage is $50,860, which sits above the median of $44,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 22.3% lower than the national median of $57,390 for Tire Builders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,307, which is 26.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 7.8% lower than the Oregon median of $48,380.
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 $44,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tire Builders at $42,307 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Tire Builders in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Tire Builders 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 Tire Builders make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tire Builders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $44,600. The 10th percentile is $44,600 and the 90th percentile is $66,670.
How does that compare with the national median for Tire Builders?
The local median is 22.3% lower than the national median of $57,390.
What is Tire Builders 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 $44,600 is $42,307. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.