Metro area · WA
Kent, WA
Kent, WA rolls up 20 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $125,278 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.
- 20
- Employers
- $125,278
- Median H-1B wage
- 252
- H-1B filings
Kent, WA: 20 tracked employers at a $125,278 median H-1B wage across 252 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Kent, WA (WA), PlainEmployers rolls up 20 employers at a $125,278 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.
- 20 employers
- $125,278 median H-1B
- 252 H-1B LCAs
- 1 WARN employers
Where Kent, WA's median H-1B wage sits nationally
Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row
$125,278 Top 49% higher than 51% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Metro Labor Presence
Kent, WA (20 employers) sits beside Seattle, WA, Bellevue, WA, Redmond, WA in WA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Kent, WA ranks #564 of 6906 by employer count (about the 92nd percentile).
What the data says about Kent, WA
Corpus placement: Kent, WA ranks #564 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 92nd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 5 of 20 tracked employers (~25%); next sectors in the mix are Wholesale Trade and Utilities. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Equinix, Inc., Infoshare Systems, INC., and Driscoll's, Inc. (175 filings combined, ~69% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Kent, WA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.
Headline sponsors: Equinix, Inc., Infoshare Systems, INC., and Driscoll's, Inc., together 175 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Among employers with a worksite mapped to Kent, WA, 1 carry WARN Act history (1 notice, about 87 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.
Within WA, Kent, WA is smaller than peers such as Seattle, WA (601 employers); Bellevue, WA (382 employers); Redmond, WA (187 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.
WARN layoff activity in Kent, WA
1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 1 WARN notice , naming about 87 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.
Employer mix in Kent, WA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
5 employers
- Wholesale Trade
Wholesale Trade
4 employers
- Utilities
Utilities
2 employers
- Agriculture & Forestry 1
Agriculture & Forestry
1 employers
- Construction 1
Construction
1 employers
- Other Services 1
Other Services
1 employers
- Retail Trade 1
Retail Trade
1 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Kent, WA at ~25% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.
Top employers in Kent, WA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equinix, Inc.Professional & Technical Services | 98 | $153,408 |
| 2 | Infoshare Systems, INC.Professional & Technical Services | 61 | $102,752 |
| 3 | Driscoll's, Inc.Agriculture & Forestry | 16 | $290,506 |
| 4 | Veeam VaaS Corporation | 15 | $220,000 |
| 5 | Puget Sound Energy, Inc.Utilities | 14 | $195,000 |
| 6 | Easy Surfaces CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services | 13 | $79,065 |
| 7 | Doka USA, Ltd. | 9 | $97,060 |
| 8 | Network Objects, INC.Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $112,923 |
| 9 | thyssenkrupp Materials, LLCWholesale Trade | 3 | $133,295 |
| 10 | Amazon Fulfillment Center (BF14)Wholesale Trade | 2 | - |
| 11 | Shiva Investments LLCRetail Trade | 2 | $102,513 |
| 12 | Yita LLCWholesale Trade | 2 | $78,000 |
| 13 | Radian GenerationUtilities | 1 | $129,709 |
| 14 | Montessori Plus School and Teacher Preparation of WashingtonOther Services | 1 | $64,480 |
| 15 | My Technology Geeks LLCProfessional & Technical Services | 1 | $110,635 |
| 16 | Optimums LLCWholesale Trade | 1 | $70,000 |
| 17 | Superior Steel and IronworkersConstruction | 1 | $83,221 |
| 18 | T & A Supply Company, Inc. | 1 | $150,000 |
| 19 | Brumley Law Firm PLLC | 1 | $60,632 |
| 20 | Montessori Hearts Childcare and Early Learning Center | 1 | $67,640 |
Sources, citation, and related links for Kent, WA
Disclaimer: The Kent, WA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.
PlainEmployers renders Kent, WA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.