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Software Developers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 38900

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
10,010
Median offered wage
$127,900
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median wage$127,900certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Software Developers with a worksite in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA: applications by fiscal year

1,0142,028FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,0142,028FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20201,587
FY20211,819
FY20222,028
FY20231,464
FY20241,272
FY20251,170
FY2026*670
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*570100
FY20251,024146
FY20241,091181
FY20231,121343
FY20221,858170
FY20211,607212
FY20201,432155
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation5,561
  2. NIKE, Inc.1,842
  3. Centizen Inc245
  4. Kforce Inc.229
  5. Ebay Inc.221
  6. Cloudwick Technologies Inc.207
  7. Amazon Web Services, Inc.181
  8. Mavensoft Technologies, LLC.171
  9. Deloitte Consulting LLP153
  10. Mentor Graphics Corporation150
  11. Advantage IT Inc140
  12. Salesforce.com, Inc.135
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $127,900; middle half $110,000 to $154,390 · median prevailing wage $123,677 (marker) · 3,758 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I329
  2. Level II1,410
  3. Level III1,084
  4. Level IV735
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer2,479
  2. Software Developer806
  3. Senior Software Engineer291
  4. Application Engineer160
  5. Data Engineer159
  6. Lead Software Engineer141
  7. Senior Software Developer121
  8. Firmware Engineer101
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Software Developers appears on 1,569,009 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 47,363 employers in 727 metropolitan areas; Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA accounts for 0.64% of them, and its median offered wage is 1.8% below the national median of $130,295.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,569,009
Metropolitan areas with filings
727
Employers nationwide
47,363
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$130,295
Share in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
0.64%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Software Developers
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA170,820
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX157,007
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ142,719
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA141,062
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA104,870
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62,456
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54,962
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV53,916
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX48,372
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH42,120
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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