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Portland, OR

Portland, OR rolls up 140 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $128,939 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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140
Employers
$128,939
Median H-1B wage
3,957
H-1B filings

Portland, OR: 140 tracked employers at a $128,939 median H-1B wage across 3,957 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, OR (OR), PlainEmployers rolls up 140 employers at a $128,939 disclosed median with 6 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 140 employers
  • $128,939 median H-1B
  • 3,957 H-1B LCAs
  • 6 WARN employers

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

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

$128,939 Top 46% higher than 54% 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. Portland, OR $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, OR (140 employers) sits beside Hillsboro, OR, Beaverton, OR, Salem, OR in OR's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Portland, OR ranks #83 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

Hillsboro, OR 65 Beaverton, OR 53 Salem, OR 21 Eugene, OR 14 Tualatin, OR 13 Medford, OR 13
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingEducational ServicesInformation & MediaHealthcare & Social Assistance

What the data says about Portland, OR

Corpus placement: Portland, OR ranks #83 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 45 of 140 tracked employers (~32%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: IBM Corporation, eBay Inc., and NIKE, Inc. (2,389 filings combined, ~60% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Portland, OR: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 6 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: IBM Corporation, eBay Inc., and NIKE, Inc., together 2,389 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 Portland, OR, 6 carry WARN Act history (24 notices, about 4,099 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within OR, Portland, OR is among denser labor markets versus Hillsboro, OR (65 employers); Beaverton, OR (53 employers); Salem, OR (21 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Portland, OR

6 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 24 WARN notices , naming about 4,099 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 Portland, OR

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Portland, OR at ~32% 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 Portland, OR

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1IBM CorporationProfessional & Technical Services1,558$157,316
2eBay Inc.Retail Trade644$194,033
3NIKE, Inc.Management of Companies187$169,220
4Oregon State UniversityEducational Services152$66,672
5The University of AlabamaEducational Services97$78,000
6Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.Construction91$120,000
7Stantec Consulting Services Inc.Professional & Technical Services83$120,120
8Oregon Health & Science UniversityEducational Services67$149,135
9Artificial Intelligence LLC56$82,472
10Altera CorporationManufacturing54$155,900
11Oregon Health And Science UniversityEducational Services54$97,385
12Dollar General CorporationRetail Trade42$123,164
13Rite Pros, INCProfessional & Technical Services40$112,925
14Compass Group USA, Inc.Accommodation & Food Services40$90,605
15Sailpoint Technologies, Inc.Information & Media38$156,250
16GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc.30$135,955
17Turner Construction CompanyConstruction29$130,000
18Cloudberg Tec Limited CompanyProfessional & Technical Services26$95,490
19NIKE USA Inc.Manufacturing25$185,590
20Anveta IncProfessional & Technical Services25$114,754
21Celestica LLCManufacturing24$160,000
22Daimler Truck North America LLCAdministrative & Waste Services24$131,099
23Cerebras Systems INC.Professional & Technical Services23$204,000
24Terracon Consultants, Inc.Professional & Technical Services21$103,910
25Ampere Computing LLCManufacturing20$186,472
Sources, citation, and related links for Portland, OR

Disclaimer: The Portland, OR overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Portland, OR 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.