Senior Programmer Analyst salary in Portland, OR

Based on 15 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Vancouver, Washougal.

Also listed as: Computer Programmer

Median salary$116,542
Middle 50%$116.5k–$119.3k
vs. all levels here+15%comparison median $101,067
Filings15FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $116,542 and $131,467.
PercentileSalary
10th$116,542
25th$116,542
50th (median)$116,542
75th$119,288
90th$119,715

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $110k $130k FY2023: median $103,813 (12 filings) FY2024: median $113,464 (23 filings) FY2025: median $116,542 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 7 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 23 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 2 filings FY26 23
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–––4
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––7
FY2023$103,813$103,813$106,22612
FY2024$113,464$113,464$113,46423
FY2025$116,542$116,542$119,28813
FY2026–––2

Cost of living

Portland's median senior Programmer Analyst salary of $116,542 is worth about $110,500 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Computer Programmers in the Portland, OR area earned a median of $99,150 in May 2025 (820 employed). The H-1B median here is $116,542, 18% 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
IBMtoo few7
Accenturetoo few4

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $82,867 11
Mid-level · Level II $97,521 55
Senior · Level III $116,542 15
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$66,102$82,86711
Mid-level · Level II$91,333$97,52155
Senior · Level III$116,542$116,54215

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.