Many people wonder whether college is still worth the price tag considering the mounds of student loan debt graduates can live with for decades.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying jobs in the Portland Metro with a Bachelor's Degree.
#5. Financial managers
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Annual mean salary: $140,590
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,300
National
- Annual mean salary: $153,460
- Employment: 681,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)
#4. Computer and information systems managers
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Annual mean salary: $146,450
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,390
National
- Annual mean salary: $162,930
- Employment: 485,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)
#3. Architectural and engineering managers
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Annual mean salary: $151,960
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,770
National
- Annual mean salary: $158,970
- Employment: 187,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
--- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)
#2. Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Annual mean salary: $169,820
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670
National
- Annual mean salary: $198,190
- Employment: 81,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($255,250)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($243,380)
--- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ($242,540)
#1. Chief executives
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Annual mean salary: $283,080
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540
National
- Annual mean salary: $213,020
- Employment: 200,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)