Senior Electronics Engineer salary in Portland, OR

Based on 191 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Hillsboro, Beaverton, Wilsonville, Vancouver, Lake Oswego.

Also listed as: Hardware Engineer, Hardware Engineer Electronics

Median salary$143,520
Middle 50%$117.6k–$148.9k
vs. all levels here+12%comparison median $128,300
Filings191FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $117,083 and $191,500.
PercentileSalary
10th$117,083
25th$117,590
50th (median)$143,520
75th$148,866
90th$153,540

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $115k $160k FY2020: median $88,067 (67 filings) FY2021: median $88,816 (158 filings) FY2022: median $95,326 (275 filings) FY2023: median $95,763 (217 filings) FY2024: median $113,210 (194 filings) FY2025: median $118,000 (119 filings) FY2026: median $148,866 (72 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 67 filings FY20 FY2021: 158 filings FY21 FY2022: 275 filings FY22 FY2023: 217 filings FY23 FY2024: 194 filings FY24 FY2025: 119 filings FY25 FY2026: 72 filings FY26 275
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$88,067$88,067$88,81667
FY2021$88,816$88,816$95,326158
FY2022$95,326$95,326$95,763275
FY2023$95,763$95,763$95,763217
FY2024$113,210$103,147$117,590194
FY2025$118,000$117,590$137,730119
FY2026$148,866$148,866$153,54072

Cost of living

Portland's median senior Electronics Engineer salary of $143,520 is worth about $136,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Portland = 105.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in the Portland, OR area earned a median of $129,330 in May 2025 (1,450 employed). The H-1B median here is $143,520, 11% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Intel$137,730162
Apple$128,30010
Qualcommtoo few4
Ampere Computingtoo few3
Analog Devicestoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $94,758 14
Mid-level · Level II $101,010 188
Senior · Level III $143,520 191
Expert · Level IV $176,030 112

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$94,515$94,75814
Mid-level · Level II$98,696$101,010188
Senior · Level III$117,083$143,520191
Expert · Level IV$176,030$176,030112

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.