16 Oregon Employers That Hire Veterans
16 employers in Oregon cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 318 protected veterans out of 3,422 new hires — 9.3% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are The Pape Group Inc, Columbia Helicopters Inc and Pacificorp.
Oregon employers
16
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
318
of 3,422 total new hires
Combined share
9.3%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Oregon concentrates in Transportation & Logistics (85 hires), Wholesale Trade (52 hires) and Professional, Scientific & Technical (49 hires).
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| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pape Group Inc | 50 | 886 | 5.6% | Oregon | Wholesale Trade |
| 2 | Columbia Helicopters Inc | 46 | 185 | 24.9% | Oregon | Transportation & Logistics |
| 3 | Pacificorp | 38 | 544 | 7.0% | Oregon | Utilities |
| 4 | Cayuse Technoloiges | 37 | 96 | 38.5% | Oregon | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 5 | Wilson Construction Company | 33 | 638 | 5.2% | Oregon | Other |
| 6 | EC Company | 26 | 160 | 16.2% | Oregon | Construction |
| 7 | Vigor Industrial | 23 | 308 | 7.5% | Oregon | Manufacturing |
| 8 | Coulson Aviation USA | 20 | 74 | 27.0% | Oregon | Transportation & Logistics |
| 9 | Port of Portland | 13 | 130 | 10.0% | Oregon | Transportation & Logistics |
| 10 | Lindahl Reed Inc | 10 | 114 | 8.8% | Oregon | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 11 | Flux Resources LLC | 6 | 74 | 8.1% | Oregon | Administrative & Support Services |
| 12 | Aero Air LLC | 6 | 53 | 11.3% | Oregon | Transportation & Logistics |
| 13 | ReconCraft LLC | 4 | 67 | 6.0% | Oregon | Manufacturing |
| 14 | Otak Inc. | 2 | 33 | 6.1% | Oregon | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 15 | Structured Communication Systems Inc | 2 | 31 | 6.5% | Oregon | Wholesale Trade |
| 16 | PacificCrest Federal Credit Union | 2 | 29 | 6.9% | Oregon | Finance & Insurance |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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