Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers Salary — Portland, Oregon

The average Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers in Portland, Oregon earns $80,140 a year.

$80,140 / year, mean
↑ 7.6% above national average 100th percentile in Oregon

Portland sits at the very top of the range for this role in Oregon — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for computer numerically controlled tool programmers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
400
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 105 #21 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $552,022 #24 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $94,573 #19 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Portland ranks #21 for cost of living and #24 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $100,860 San Francisco $94,390 Seattle $88,390 Los Angeles $87,900 Naples $84,690 San Diego $82,730 Portland $80,140 Albany $80,030 Kiryas Joel $79,440 Virginia Beach $78,580 Austin $77,970 Sacramento $76,850 Riverside $76,340 Dallas $76,010 Palm Bay $75,940 Spokane $73,830 Reading $73,700 Oxnard $73,520 Traverse City $73,460 Chicago $72,820 Lansing $72,490 Buffalo $72,390 Allentown $72,210 New York $71,870 Syracuse $71,770 Bowling Green $71,390 Houston $71,350 Richmond $71,120 Detroit $71,060 York $70,690 Eugene $70,520 Scranton $70,400 Rochester $70,350 Evansville $70,310 San Antonio $69,360 Pittsburgh $69,120 Philadelphia $69,080 Beaumont $69,000 Peoria $68,970 Ann Arbor $68,670 Sarasota $68,630 Grand Rapids $68,540 Saginaw $68,490 Jackson $68,210 Lancaster $67,770 Lafayette $67,560 Rockford $67,450 Baltimore $67,230 South Bend $67,030 Kalamazoo $66,880 Elkhart $66,000 Louisville $65,940 Miami $64,670 Fort Wayne $64,650 Niles $64,190 Columbus $64,070 Longview $63,600 Muskegon $63,340 Jacksonville $63,270 Indianapolis $61,760 Erie $61,060 Tampa $60,850 Lynchburg $60,830 Orlando $60,080
CityMean salaryvs. Portland
Albany, New York$80,030-0.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$72,210-9.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$68,670-14.3%
Austin, Texas$77,970-2.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$67,230-16.1%
Beaumont, Texas$69,000-13.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$71,390-10.9%
Buffalo, New York$72,390-9.7%
Chicago, Illinois$72,820-9.1%
Columbus, Indiana$64,070-20.1%
Dallas, Texas$76,010-5.2%
Detroit, Michigan$71,060-11.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$66,000-17.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$61,060-23.8%
Eugene, Oregon$70,520-12.0%
Evansville, Indiana$70,310-12.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$64,650-19.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$68,540-14.5%
Houston, Texas$71,350-11.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$61,760-22.9%
Jackson, Michigan$68,210-14.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$63,270-21.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$66,880-16.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$79,440-0.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,560-15.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$67,770-15.4%
Lansing, Michigan$72,490-9.5%
Longview, Texas$63,600-20.6%
Los Angeles, California$87,900+9.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$65,940-17.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$60,830-24.1%
Miami, Florida$64,670-19.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$63,340-21.0%
Naples, Florida$84,690+5.7%
New York, New York$71,870-10.3%
Niles, Michigan$64,190-19.9%
Sarasota, Florida$68,630-14.4%
Orlando, Florida$60,080-25.0%
Oxnard, California$73,520-8.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$75,940-5.2%
Peoria, Illinois$68,970-13.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$69,080-13.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$69,120-13.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$73,700-8.0%
Richmond, Virginia$71,120-11.3%
Riverside, California$76,340-4.7%
Rochester, New York$70,350-12.2%
Rockford, Illinois$67,450-15.8%
Sacramento, California$76,850-4.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$68,490-14.5%
San Antonio, Texas$69,360-13.5%
San Diego, California$82,730+3.2%
San Francisco, California$94,390+17.8%
San Jose, California$100,860+25.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$70,400-12.2%
Seattle, Washington$88,390+10.3%
South Bend, Indiana$67,030-16.4%
Spokane, Washington$73,830-7.9%
Syracuse, New York$71,770-10.4%
Tampa, Florida$60,850-24.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$73,460-8.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$78,580-1.9%
York, Pennsylvania$70,690-11.8%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
80,140/yr
Estimated take-home
59,498/yr
Est. total withheld
25.8%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Portland

These notes add local color around Portland, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9162 SOC code
Official area Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 38900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
VancouverHillsboro
Multi-state area: OR;WA
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
2,510,529