Portland, OR / Bookkeeping & CAS
Bookkeeping and CAS firms · Portland
Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.
For Portland-area accounting firms: your senior bookkeepers shouldn’t be chasing documents, cleaning inboxes or prepping every close by hand. We train Filipino bookkeeping staff to take that load off your team, and we manage them for you.
Portland · May 2025 BLS
$27.42 an hour
Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Portland metro, 13% above the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $23.25 and $31.07. 12,170 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Bookkeeping and CAS firms in Portland.
The Portland metro had 1,644 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 65 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 6th of the 50 largest US metros. Firm numbers were roughly flat on 2023 (−1.1%). Jobs in this occupation are 1.14 times as concentrated here as nationally.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector. BLS doesn’t publish employment for this industry in Portland, to protect individual firms’ data.
A full-time seat in Portland.
Portland has the 12th highest median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks among the 50 largest US metros. Even at the top of our draft range, a managed Molave role costs about 33% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. That’s a meaningful saving, even before counting recruiting and turnover.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Portland metropolitan area. Employer costs of about 30% rounded from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Both monthly figures use 160 hours. Molave figures are draft ranges.
Nearby metros
How Portland compares.
Portland sits in the middle of its region: $4.37 an hour below San Jose and $3.40 above Las Vegas at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland, OR | $27.42 | $23.25–$31.07 | 1,644 | −1.1% |
| Sacramento, CA | $27.33 | $23.22–$30.91 | 1,010 | +3.2% |
| Las Vegas, NV | $24.02 | $20.95–$28.76 | 1,539 | +1.9% |
| San Jose, CA | $31.79 | $28.27–$37.72 | 926 | +0.7% |
| San Diego, CA | $28.16 | $23.53–$33.72 | 1,824 | −0.7% |
Wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks; “middle 50%” is the 25th to 75th percentile hourly wage. Firm counts: BLS QCEW, 2024.
Roles we train for Portland accounting firms.
Each role is trained on your tools and SOPs before day one. Full role descriptions →
Workflows
Work we take off your plate.
- Month-end close prep and checklist tracking
- Weekly document requests and follow-up
- Bank and credit card reconciliation prep
- AP runs and AR collection reminders
- Cleanup and catch-up projects
Working your hours
Portland hours, covered.
Portland questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in Portland?
1,644 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, −1.1% on 2023.
What does a local hire cost Portland accounting firms?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Portland metro is $27.42 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $23.25 and $31.07. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $5,703 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.
Can Molave staff work Portland hours?
Yes. Staff work Portland business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Portland is midnight–8am in Manila during US daylight saving time and 1am–9am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.
Book a staffing call
Start with one role for your Portland firm.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.