Metro area · ME

Portland, ME

Portland, ME spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (22 employers, $118,976 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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22
Employers
$118,976
Median H-1B wage
267
H-1B filings

Portland, ME: 22 tracked employers at a $118,976 median H-1B wage across 267 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 Portland, ME (ME), PlainEmployers rolls up 22 employers at a $118,976 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 22 employers
  • $118,976 median H-1B
  • 267 H-1B LCAs

Where Portland, ME's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$118,976 Top 54% higher than 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $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. Portland, ME $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

Portland, ME (22 employers) sits beside Augusta, ME, Bangor, ME, South Portland, ME in ME's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Portland, ME ranks #524 of 6906 by employer count (about the 92nd percentile).

Augusta, ME 7 Bangor, ME 7 South Portland, ME 5 Freeport, ME 4 Westbrook, ME 3 Scarborough, ME 2

What the data says about Portland, ME

Corpus placement: Portland, ME ranks #524 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 92nd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 5 of 22 tracked employers (~23%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: The Jackson Laboratory, Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., and Rite Pros, INC (168 filings combined, ~63% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Portland, ME: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Portland, ME reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Professional & Technical Services) is only ~23% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within ME, Portland, ME is among denser labor markets versus Augusta, ME (7 employers); Bangor, ME (7 employers); South Portland, ME (5 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

Employer mix in Portland, ME

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Portland, ME has no runaway sector: Professional & Technical Services leads at only ~23% across 7 named industries.

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

Top employers in Portland, ME

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1The Jackson LaboratoryProfessional & Technical Services79$73,861
2Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc.Accommodation & Food Services49$149,350
3Rite Pros, INCProfessional & Technical Services40$112,925
4UNUM GroupFinance & Insurance24$131,165
5MaineHealthHealthcare & Social Assistance15$126,000
6WEX Inc.Finance & Insurance14$150,000
7Spectrum Healthcare PartnersHealthcare & Social Assistance10$360,000
8Providence Health & Services - Oregon7$59,799
9Portland School DistrictEducational Services4$69,599
10New England Futbol Club, Inc.Arts & Entertainment3$59,677
11University of New EnglandEducational Services3$126,076
12Redfin Solutions, LLCProfessional & Technical Services2$85,738
13Eagle Creek Software ServicesProfessional & Technical Services2$144,250
14PRN Software LLC1$90,200
15Central Maine Power CompanyUtilities1$110,000
16Chenmark Capital Management, LLCManagement of Companies1$115,000
17City of South PortlandEducational Services1$90,015
18Community DentalHealthcare & Social Assistance1$160,000
19FoW Partners, LPFinance & Insurance1$250,000
20Immigrant Legal Advocacy ProjectOther Services1$62,240
21Maine College of Art & DesignEducational Services1$59,750
22Portland Center for Dentistry, LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance1$338,000
23RLC Engineering, PLLCProfessional & Technical Services1$105,000
24The VIA Group, Inc.1$135,000
25WBRC Inc.1$100,006

PlainEmployers renders Portland, ME from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, 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.