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Salary · Office Manager · BLS OEWS May 2025 · metropolitan area

Office Manager salary in Portland, OR: $76,380 median.

BLS reports occupational wages for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 38900), which includes Portland, Vancouver and Hillsboro and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Portland city limits. It spans Oregon and Washington.

Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · metropolitan statistical area
Annual wage range · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · BLS May 2025
$76,380median ($36.72/hr)

Quick answer

Office Managers in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area earned a median annual wage of $76,380 in May 2025, according to BLS (OEWS, SOC 43-1011); the OEWS mean annual wage was $78,510. That median is 10% above the U.S. median of $69,500. BLS estimates about 7,740 people work in this occupation across the metro.

Data Among the 294 metro areas whose estimate for this occupation meets TryHired's reliability rule, this metro ranks 24 by median wage.

Data Separately, BEA puts 2024 price levels across the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area at 105.4 (U.S. = 100): prices for the average consumer are about 5% above the national level. That is context, not an adjusted salary. Cost of living in Portland, OR.

Geography

What area these numbers cover

Data The BLS geography behind every figure on this page.

Search label
Portland, OR
BLS source geography
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Geography type
Metropolitan Statistical Area
CBSA code
38900
States
Oregon, Washington
Delineation
OMB Bulletin 23-01, as used by BLS OEWS May 2025
Comparison

Local, state and national pay

Data Same occupation (SOC 43-1011), same BLS release (May 2025). This metro spans more than one state; each state is shown.

Local, state and national pay
GeographyMedian annual wageMean annual wageEmployment
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (metro, CBSA 38900)$76,380$78,5107,740
Oregon (state)$74,300$75,15012,200
Washington (state)$79,480$84,38031,790
United States$69,500$73,4901,436,680

National Office Manager salary · Careers in Portland, OR.

Data Nationally, BLS projects employment in this occupation to change +0.1% from 2025 to 2035. BLS does not publish metro projections in this dataset, so that is national context, not a local forecast.

In Oregon

Reliable metro medians in Oregon

Data Metro areas that include part of this state and pass the reliability rule.

  1. Portland, OR$76,380
  2. Bend, OR$76,010
  3. Salem, OR$75,990
  4. Eugene, OR$71,490
  5. Medford, OR$65,730
In Washington

Reliable metro medians in Washington

Data Metro areas that include part of this state and pass the reliability rule.

  1. Seattle, WA$81,640
  2. Bremerton, WA$79,540
  3. Olympia, WA$78,270
  4. Bellingham, WA$76,530
  5. Portland, OR$76,380
  6. Kennewick, WA$75,640
  7. Yakima, WA$73,050
  8. Spokane, WA$72,300
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Method

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BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 38900) and SOC 43-1011 (First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers). Portland, OR is the search label for that area; BLS does not publish city-limit wages. Employment is the number of people working in the occupation (excluding the self-employed), not job openings. Ranks use only metro estimates that pass the reliability rule (500+ jobs, employment PRSE ≤ 20%, mean-wage PRSE ≤ 10%, non-degenerate distribution); suppressed values are never imputed. Searches this page answers include “office manager salary portland oregon”, “office manager salary portland or” (Ahrefs, U.S.).

What this page can't tell you
  • Cost of living: wages are not adjusted for local prices.
  • Pay at a specific employer, in one city's limits, or for self-employed workers.
  • Local outlook: BLS projections here are national.
Sources
  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 metropolitan-area estimates (2018 SOC; metropolitan statistical areas per OMB Bulletin 23-01), public domain.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, national occupational projections 2025–35 (no metro projections are published in this dataset).
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released February 19, 2026).
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