Services indexed
6
Hourly range, avg
$49–$82/hr
Portland median
$66/hr
Most affordable: Painter · Premium: Mold Remediation
Portland indexes 6 services across 3 categories, with hourly rates spanning $41/hr (Painter) to $115/hr (Mold Remediation). The city median of $66/hr runs 23% below the national average across all indexed cities. Home Repair & Maintenance is the largest service block here (2 of 6 services).
Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 wage data adjusted for Portland cost of living. Read the methodology.
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Read articleAcross the 6 home and professional services we index in Portland, the median consumer rate is $66/hr. Hourly rates span $49/hr at the affordable end to $82/hr at the premium end, depending on service type and contractor.
Mold Remediation carries the highest typical rate in Portland at $69.12–$115.2/hr. Premium professional and licensed services consistently command the highest rates across our index.
Painter sits at the lower end of the Portland index at $40.92–$68.2/hr. Routine maintenance and cleaning categories typically cluster at the bottom of any city's price spread.
Portland is 23% below the national average of $86/hr across our 49-city corpus. Local wage data and cost of living drive most of this difference — see the geographic precision note for the underlying data.
Home Repair & Maintenance has the most indexed services in Portland (2 guides), reflecting both local demand and the breadth of BLS wage data available for that segment.
Consumer-facing rates. We apply industry-standard 1.5–2.5× multipliers to BLS hourly wages to account for business overhead, insurance, licensing, employer costs, and profit margin. The full calculation is documented in the methodology.
Pricing reflects the BLS OEWS May 2024 release. The next refresh lands when May 2025 data is published in April 2026. Cadence is documented in the update schedule.
Data: BLS OEWS May 2024 · Methodology · Last refreshed January 2026