Oregon's behavioral health sector registered 167 providers in the latest weekly NPI update, representing 2% of the national total. This group consists of 153 individuals and 14 organizations, with a significant number of new entrants this week suggesting active workforce growth in the state.
ABA Workforce Composition
Within the applied behavior analysis field, the data shows a surge in direct-care staff, with 27 new RBTs. This is compared to 6 providers listing a BCBA credential, 1 provider with a dual BCBA and RBT credential, and another with a BCBA, LBA credential. This creates a ratio of roughly 3.5 RBTs for every new BCBA, a relatively low figure that may indicate a tight market for supervision or an influx of new BCBAs who are still building their teams. It is important to note that 38 providers in this update listed multiple taxonomies, so some professional roles may overlap.
Provider Demographics
The individual provider data shows a workforce that is predominantly female, with 103 women making up 67% of the cohort. Men accounted for 25% of new providers, while 8% identified as nonbinary. Unlike in other states, no single large, PE-backed organization appeared multiple times in this week's data, suggesting a more fragmented or locally-driven provider landscape.
This pattern of technician-heavy growth, coupled with a modest number of new supervisors, suggests Oregon's ABA service capacity is expanding primarily at the direct-care level.