The annual salary statistics of public address system and other announcers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of public address system and other announcers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $20,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $21,650 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $23,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $25,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $37,320 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public address system and other announcers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of public address system and other announcers from 2012 to 2016. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $23,350 | 1.97% | 10.15% |
| 2015 | $22,890 | 8.34% | - |
| 2012 | $20,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $23,350, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is the second highest paying city for public address system and other announcers in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (median annual salary of $44,830). Compared with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, the median annual salary of public address system and other announcers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is 47.9 percent (47.9%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett |