The map
Studios, rehearsal rooms and other music places across the ten counties, each checked on its own website. Home studios are listed under Studios but never placed on the map, and the map stops at neighborhood level.
Funding for creatives
Grants and other money for musicians, music businesses and arts groups in these ten counties. Every entry comes from the funder’s own website, with the date it was read. Check the funder’s page before you apply.
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Studios and what they charge
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Prices are the lowest each studio posts for that kind of booking, read from its own website. A studio hour or day includes an engineer, or the site doesn’t say. Deals and song packages are left out.
The numbers
Federal statistics on music jobs and music businesses in the region.
Music jobs in the Portland-Vancouver metro
May 2025. The seven metro counties: Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill in Oregon; Clark and Skamania in Washington. Job counts are rounded to the nearest 10.
| Job | Jobs | Median hourly wage | Median yearly wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musicians and Singers | 950 | Not published | Not published |
| Audio and Video Technicians | 410 | $27.34 | $56,870 |
| Music Directors and Composers | 160 | $32.12 | $66,800 |
| Broadcast Technicians | 110 | $25.79 | $53,650 |
| Sound Engineering Technicians | 100 | $36.56 | $76,050 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The bureau publishes no median wage for musicians and singers.
Music businesses by county
2023. Employers have paid staff; one-person businesses have none.
| County | Sound recording studios employers | Record production and distribution employers | Musical groups and artists employers | Independent artists, writers and performers employers | Sound recording industries one-person businesses | Independent artists, writers and performers one-person businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | ||||||
| Clackamas County | Not published | Not published | 3 | 30 | 50 | 1,681 |
| Columbia County | Not published | Not published | Not published | 3 | Not published | 133 |
| Multnomah County | 14 | 6 | 43 | 117 | 285 | 7,472 |
| Washington County | Not published | Not published | 4 | 43 | 81 | 2,162 |
| Yamhill County | Not published | Not published | Not published | 4 | 10 | 381 |
| Washington | ||||||
| Clark County | Not published | Not published | 5 | 37 | 51 | 1,679 |
| Cowlitz County | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | 6 | 200 |
| Klickitat County | Not published | Not published | Not published | 4 | 3 | 88 |
| Skamania County | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | 41 |
| Wahkiakum County | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | 25 |
Not published: the Census file has no number for that county and industry, often because the count is small. It is not the same as zero. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2023.