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Civil Engineers, R&D: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 17-2053. 343 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $80,000, middle half $64,988–$98,858.

Applications (LCAs)343

Median offered salary$80,000

Middle half of salaries$64,988–$98,858

10th–90th percentile$57,786–$120,285

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	122	$65,000
Level II (qualified)	87	$88,816
Level III (experienced)	56	$103,328
Level IV (fully competent)	13	$141,204

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	21	$118,050
Texas A&M Transportation Institute	20	$91,206
Battelle Memorial Institute	19	$104,891
The University of Texas at Austin	15	$96,990
University of California, Berkeley	13	$95,100
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC	12	$141,000
UChicago Argonne LLC	11	$90,063
University of Michigan	10	$72,466
Colorado State University	10	$76,600
The Trustees of Princeton University	10	$65,000
University of Wisconsin System	9	$65,738
University of Colorado	8	$90,000
University of Connecticut	8	$75,950
Louisiana State University and A&M College	7	$61,339
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	7	$63,500
The Curators of the University of Missouri	6	$56,545
Oregon State University	6	$67,950
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	5	$71,000
Cornell University	5	$60,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology	5	$54,280
University of Maryland College Park	4	$85,883
University of Oklahoma	4	$60,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	4	$62,434
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	4	$62,268
University of Wyoming	4	$53,560
The University of Tennessee	4	$70,450
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC	4	$97,114
New York University	4	$82,500
Marquette University	4	$52,000
Johns Hopkins University	4	$74,500
University of California, Irvine	4	$77,030
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	3	$67,000
University of Kentucky	3	$87,129
University of Florida	3	$85,883
University of California, Davis	3	$93,200
The University of Kansas	3	$62,000
The University of Virginia	3	$65,000
Villanova University	3	$74,088
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	3	$75,168
Auburn University	3	$96,221
North Dakota State University	3	$60,000
The University of Alabama	3	$59,530
Georgia Institute of Technology	3	$88,546
The Ohio State University	2	$86,652
Research Foundation of CUNY	2	$70,278
The Pennsylvania State University	2	$62,352
Purdue University	2	$107,362
Western Michigan University	2	$87,000
Jackson State University	2	$60,000
Rowan University	2	$83,054

Cities

Oak Ridge, TN$118,050

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	93	$75,200
FY2024	108	$80,162
FY2025	78	$72,234
FY2026	64	$88,546

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).