Portland Oregon Jobs Market – Who Is Hiring Now?
Searching for a job in the Portland area? If so, as the weather warms up, now is a great time to look for a job because many companies are hiring so grab your pen and some paper to take note of which companies are hiring in Portland Oregon.
About The Portland Oregon Jobs Market
The latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 12-month period ending in May 2018, indicates that of the 25 top-paying professions, those providing health insights, skills and, of course, care occupy 14 of the top spots.
SLIDESHOW: Portland’s 25 highest-paying jobs
The Business Journal analyzed the data and determined the region’s 25 most-lucrative jobs, in terms of mean, or average, salary. The figures cover the Portland metropolitan statistical area, which includes Hillsboro and Vancouver, Wash.
The numbers indicate that psychiatrists earn the highest hourly salaries, among vocations for which data is available, at more than $128 an hour.
Among the 695 full- and part-time jobs analyzed by BLS, the average Portland-area worker makes $27 an hour, or $56,160. Both figures are up 1.5 percent over 2017’s figures.
BLS’s statistics include information from some 1.2 million area residents.
Portland Oregon Area Top Companies
Company Name |
City |
Industry |
|
1 | Intel | Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
2 | NIKE, Inc. | Unincorporated WA County / Beaverton | Athletic & Outdoor |
3 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC | Portland | Metals |
4 | Precision Castparts Corp. | Portland | Metals |
5 | Boeing | Gresham | Metals |
6 | Columbia Sportswear Company | Unincorporated WA County / Portland / Lake Oswego | Athletic & Outdoor |
7 | Northwest Pipe Company | Vancouver | Metals |
8 | Mentor Graphics | Wilsonville | Software & IT |
9 | Tektronix, Inc. | Unincorporated WA County / Beaverton | Computer & Electronics |
10 | Xerox | Wilsonville | Computer & Electronics |
11 | WaferTech, LLC (A TSMC Co) | Camas | Computer & Electronics |
12 | Consolidated Metco, Inc. | Vancouver | Metals |
13 | Greenbrier (inc. Gunderson) | Lake Oswego / Portland | Metals |
14 | Blount International, Inc. | Milwaukie | Metals |
15 | A-dec | Newberg | Medical Products |
16 | Warn Industries, Inc. | Unincorporated Clackamas County | Metals |
17 | Qorvo | Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
18 | ESCO Corporation | Portland | Metals |
19 | Schnitzer Steel | Portland | Metals |
20 | adidas America, Inc. | Portland | Athletic & Outdoor |
21 | SEH America Inc. | Vancouver | Computer & Electronics |
22 | Via Systems | Forest Grove | Computer & Electronics |
23 | Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated | Portland | Metals |
24 | Lam Research Corporation | Tualatin | Computer & Electronics |
25 | Collins Cos. | Portland | Wood Products |
26 | Reser’s Fine Food | Beaverton / Hillsboro | Food Processing |
27 | On Semiconductor | Gresham | Computer & Electronics |
28 | Evraz Inc. NA | Portland | Metals |
29 | IBM – Linus Technology Center | Hillsboro | Software & IT |
30 | Pacific Foods of Oregon, Inc. | Tualatin | Food Processing |
31 | SolarWorld | Hillsboro | Clean-Tech |
32 | Georgia Pacific LLC | Camas | Wood Products |
33 | Rockwell Collins | Wilsonville | Computer & Electronics |
34 | Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. | Portland | Athletic & Outdoor |
35 | Sysco Food Service | Wilsonville | Food Processing |
36 | Microchip | Gresham | Computer & Electronics |
37 | Huntair Inc. | Tualatin | Computer & Electronics |
38 | Precision Wire Components | Tualatin | Medical Products |
39 | nLIGHT Photonics Corporation | Vancouver / Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
40 | Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. | McMinnville | Metals |
41 | International Paper | Beaverton / Hillsboro / Portland / Wilsonville | Wood Products |
42 | FEI | Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
43 | Maxim Integrated Products | Unincorporated WA County / Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
44 | Columbia Machine, Inc. | Vancouver | Metals |
45 | TE Connectivity | Wilsonville | Computer & Electronics |
46 | Acumed | Hillsboro | Medical Products |
47 | Pella (Vinyl Northwest Inc.) | Gresham | Wood Products |
48 | Iberdrola | Portland | Clean-Tech |
49 | Applied Materials | Hillsboro | Computer & Electronics |
50 | Genentech | Hillsboro | Medical Products |
Source – Portland Relo Guide
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