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

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Kent, WA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

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).

Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesWholesale TradeUtilitiesAgriculture & ForestryOther Services

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

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Kent, WA at ~25% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Kent, WA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Equinix, Inc.Professional & Technical Services98$153,408
2Infoshare Systems, INC.Professional & Technical Services61$102,752
3Driscoll's, Inc.Agriculture & Forestry16$290,506
4Veeam VaaS Corporation15$220,000
5Puget Sound Energy, Inc.Utilities14$195,000
6Easy Surfaces CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services13$79,065
7Doka USA, Ltd.9$97,060
8Network Objects, INC.Professional & Technical Services9$112,923
9thyssenkrupp Materials, LLCWholesale Trade3$133,295
10Amazon Fulfillment Center (BF14)Wholesale Trade2-
11Shiva Investments LLCRetail Trade2$102,513
12Yita LLCWholesale Trade2$78,000
13Radian GenerationUtilities1$129,709
14Montessori Plus School and Teacher Preparation of WashingtonOther Services1$64,480
15My Technology Geeks LLCProfessional & Technical Services1$110,635
16Optimums LLCWholesale Trade1$70,000
17Superior Steel and IronworkersConstruction1$83,221
18T & A Supply Company, Inc.1$150,000
19Brumley Law Firm PLLC1$60,632
20Montessori Hearts Childcare and Early Learning Center1$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.