Civil engineers design and oversee construction of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings. Based on 76,107 H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Civil Engineer is $77,000 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $58,240 |
| 25th | $65,000 |
| 50th (median) | $77,000 |
| 75th | $92,500 |
| 90th (senior) | $115,000 |
Of 76,107 filings, 64,431 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 11,676 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 15% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | 1,489 | $82,051 |
| 2 | WSP USA Inc. | 1,250 | $93,122 |
| 3 | HDR Engineering, Inc. | 852 | $86,159 |
| 4 | JACOBS ENGINEERING | 831 | $93,192 |
| 5 | Thornton Tomasetti | 700 | $81,571 |
| 6 | California Department of Transportation | 623 | $91,487 |
| 7 | Arcadis U.S., Inc. | 591 | $86,018 |
| 8 | STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC. | 581 | $88,971 |
| 9 | AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC. | 524 | $131,285 |
| 10 | TERRACON CONSULTANTS, INC. | 523 | $73,575 |
| 11 | HNTB Corporation | 518 | $89,580 |
| 12 | DPR Construction, A General Partnership | 476 | $87,601 |
| 13 | Black & Veatch Management Consulting LLC | 444 | $79,622 |
| 14 | WALTER P. MOORE & ASSOCIATES | 394 | $80,286 |
| 15 | PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF, INC. | 378 | $76,361 |
| 16 | Parsons Transportation Group Inc. | 358 | $88,783 |
| 17 | STV INCORPORATED | 345 | $87,272 |
| 18 | Michael Baker International, Inc. | 323 | $79,900 |
| 19 | UR INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 320 | $71,608 |
| 20 | SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER INC. | 311 | $84,200 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 11,735 | $90,589 |
| Texas | 11,479 | $86,363 |
| New York | 8,077 | $84,788 |
| Florida | 4,958 | $76,307 |
| Virginia | 3,043 | $86,648 |
| New Jersey | 3,037 | $83,867 |
| Illinois | 2,817 | $79,806 |
| Maryland | 2,261 | $75,672 |
| Georgia | 2,213 | $76,450 |
| GU | 2,197 | $56,466 |
| Washington | 1,825 | $89,063 |
| Massachusetts | 1,679 | $83,954 |
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Salaries are the offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.