Metro area · OR
Portland, OR
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 164 employers in the Portland, OR metro.
- 164
- Employers
- $125,877
- Median H-1B wage
- 2,343
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Portland, OR, OR aggregates 164 tracked employers at a $125,877 median H-1B wage and 2,343 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Retail Trade.
- 164
- employers
- $125,877
- median H-1B wage
- 2,343
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Portland, OR, OR aggregates 164 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $125,877, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Retail Trade, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: IBM Corporation, eBay Inc., and NIKE, Inc., together 1,510 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Portland, OR
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
44 employers
- Manufacturing 15
Manufacturing
15 employers
- Educational Services 9
Educational Services
9 employers
- Information & Media 8
Information & Media
8 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 7
Healthcare & Social Assistance
7 employers
- Construction 5
Construction
5 employers
- Finance & Insurance 3
Finance & Insurance
3 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Portland, OR, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Portland, OR
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBM Corporation Professional & Technical Services | 1,166 | - |
| 2 | eBay Inc. Retail Trade | 225 | $198,575 |
| 3 | NIKE, Inc. Management of Companies | 119 | $181,618 |
| 4 | Oregon State University Educational Services | 103 | $81,784 |
| 5 | Oregon Health & Science University Educational Services | 67 | $149,135 |
| 6 | The University of Alabama Educational Services | 61 | $88,117 |
| 7 | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Construction | 55 | - |
| 8 | Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 50 | $105,449 |
| 9 | Altera Corporation Manufacturing | 28 | $159,812 |
| 10 | Dollar General Corporation Retail Trade | 24 | $366,236 |
| 11 | Compass Group USA, Inc. Accommodation & Food Services | 21 | $122,900 |
| 12 | NIKE USA Inc. Manufacturing | 20 | $173,600 |
| 13 | Sailpoint Technologies, Inc. Information & Media | 20 | $148,004 |
| 14 | Cloudberg Tec Limited Company Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $95,549 |
| 15 | CDK GLOBAL, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 16 | $128,074 |
| 16 | CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION Manufacturing | 15 | $158,817 |
| 17 | Daimler Truck North America LLC Administrative & Waste Services | 14 | $131,426 |
| 18 | EvonSys, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 13 | $138,913 |
| 19 | Terracon Consultants, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 13 | $102,601 |
| 20 | Ampere Computing LLC Manufacturing | 11 | $177,120 |
| 21 | Turner Construction Company Construction | 11 | $130,619 |
| 22 | CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $214,996 |
| 23 | Portland General Electric Company Utilities | 10 | $140,205 |
| 24 | Anveta Inc Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $110,081 |
| 25 | SRIVEN INFO INC Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $117,677 |
What this means if you work in Portland, OR
Use Portland, OR's $125,877 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $125,877 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 164 tracked employers.
- IBM Corporation leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.