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Software Engineer in Portland, OR

Job title · Portland, Oregon

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Portland, Oregon
Applications FY2022–FY2026
182
Median offered wage
$112,070
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$112,070certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Software Engineer" and a worksite in Portland.

Applications by fiscal year

2448FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2448FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202248
FY202337
FY202429
FY202548
FY2026*20
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
76
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. NIKE, Inc.17
  2. Microsoft Corporation11
  3. Cisco Systems, Inc.10
  4. Satin Solutions LLC9
  5. Hitachi Vantara LLC8
  6. Atos Syntel Inc8
  7. Hitachi Digital Services LLC8
  8. U.S. Bank National Association7
  9. Autodesk, Inc.4
  10. CDK Global, LLC4
  11. Coolsoft LLC4
  12. Google LLC4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $112,070; middle half $98,842 to $145,000 · median prevailing wage $102,898 (marker) · 181 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I22
  2. Level II101
  3. Level III36
  4. Level IV20
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Software Engineer" appears on 158,483 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11,784 employers for worksites in 2,549 cities; the median offered wage is $132,267, so the median in Portland is 15.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
158,483
Employers nationwide
11,784
Cities with filings
2,549
National median offered wage
$132,267
Share of national filings in Portland
0.1%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA11,923
  2. Redmond, WA9,634
  3. Sunnyvale, CA9,088
  4. New York City, NY7,682
  5. Menlo Park, CA6,399
  6. San Francisco, CA5,831
  7. Seattle, WA5,057
  8. Bellevue, WA4,743
  9. Irving, TX3,499
  10. San Jose, CA2,964
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Portland job market

Portland has 5,256 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,065 job titles and 1,082 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 3.5% of them.

Applications in Portland, all job titles
5,256
Job titles filed
2,065
Rank of Software Engineer in Portland
1
Median offered wage in Portland, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Portland
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar115
  2. Assistant Professor113
  3. Software Developer107
  4. Application Developer101
  5. Resident Physician65
  6. Senior Software Engineer51
  7. Data Engineer50
  8. Project Manager48
  9. Support Engineer Ii-external48
  10. Fellow Physician46
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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