Occupation · SOC 17-2051

Civil Engineers: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $83,179 to $142,210 depending on the city. The median offer is $94,985.

6,110certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$94,985median offer

$81k to $115kmiddle half of offers

9%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city

IV $131k

IV $142k

IV $124k

IV $119k

IV $123k

IV $83k

IV $116k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $47k to $149k

City	LCAs	Median	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
Houston, TX	252	$100,500	$71,386	$91,291	$111,176	$131,082
New York, NY	241	$100,131	$82,014	$102,086	$122,138	$142,210
Austin, TX	191	$105,000	$70,491	$88,421	$106,330	$124,259
Dallas, TX	159	$91,000	$67,517	$84,718	$101,899	$119,101
Chicago, IL	133	$97,510	$73,424	$89,898	$106,371	$122,845
Tamuning, GU	107	$64,376	$52,645	$62,816	$73,008	$83,179
Atlanta, GA	102	$96,214	$69,493	$85,051	$100,589	$116,147

What employers offer

6,110 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 50 LCAs = 50 LCAs

Lottery entries

2,568 new-employment LCAs

Civil Engineers 19%39%25%9% 2,568

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

5,083 FY2026 to date

4.1kFY23

4.9kFY24

6.0kFY25

5.1kFY26

Median offer

$93,600 FY2026

$85kFY23

$87kFY24

$90kFY25

$94kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Amazon Data Services, Inc	155	$139,100
2	WSP USA Inc.	145	$103,210
3	Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	118	$98,239
4	AECOM Technical Services Inc	106	$104,800
5	California Department of Transportation	89	$89,136
6	Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	78	$100,412
7	HDR Engineering, Inc.	72	$102,108
8	Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC	67	$81,000
9	STV Incorporated	61	$97,510
10	Clayco, Inc.	60	$100,085
11	Core Tech Construction Corporation	58	$60,000
12	Arcadis U.S., Inc.	56	$106,344
13	Terracon Consultants, Inc.	55	$80,000
14	Gannett Fleming, Inc.	52	$74,256
15	Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.	51	$102,250
16	DPR Construction, A General Partnership	48	$94,702
17	Nan, Inc.	39	$90,000
18	Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	38	$100,000
19	Moss & Associates, LLC	37	$80,000
20	Michael Baker International, Inc.	36	$90,388
21	AtkinsRealis USA Inc.	33	$84,864
22	Ardurra Group, Inc.	30	$86,497
23	HNTB Corporation	28	$115,648
24	Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc.	28	$93,912
25	AG&E Associates, PLLC	27	$98,000
	All other employers	4,543	–