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South Portland, ME

South Portland, ME spreads H-1B hiring across 5+ sectors (5 employers, $140,000 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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5
Employers
$140,000
Median H-1B wage
67
H-1B filings

South Portland, ME: 5 tracked employers at a $140,000 median H-1B wage across 67 LCAs; Accommodation & Food Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in South Portland, ME (ME), PlainEmployers rolls up 5 employers at a $140,000 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 5 employers
  • $140,000 median H-1B
  • 67 H-1B LCAs

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

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

$140,000 Top 38% higher than 62% 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%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). This entry sits in this band. $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. South 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

South Portland, ME (5 employers) sits beside Portland, ME, Augusta, ME, Bangor, 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, South Portland, ME ranks #1605 of 6906 by employer count (about the 73rd percentile).

Portland, ME 22 Augusta, ME 7 Bangor, ME 7 Freeport, ME 4 Westbrook, ME 3 Scarborough, ME 2

What the data says about South Portland, ME

Corpus placement: South Portland, ME ranks #1605 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 73rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Accommodation & Food Services leads with 1 of 5 tracked employers (~20%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., MaineHealth, and City of South Portland (65 filings combined, ~97% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for South Portland, ME: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

South Portland, ME reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Accommodation & Food Services) is only ~20% of tracked employers across 5 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Same-state context for South Portland, ME: Portland, ME (22 employers); Augusta, ME (7 employers); Bangor, ME (7 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in South Portland, ME

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows South Portland, ME has no runaway sector: Accommodation & Food Services leads at only ~20% across 5 named industries.

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

Top employers in South Portland, ME

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc.Accommodation & Food Services49$149,350
2MaineHealthHealthcare & Social Assistance15$126,000
3City of South PortlandEducational Services1$90,015
4RLC Engineering, PLLCProfessional & Technical Services1$105,000
5Diodes US Manufacturing IncorporatedManufacturing1$124,900

PlainEmployers renders South 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.