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Environmental Engineers: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 17-2081. 1,561 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $93,610, middle half $78,780–$115,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,561

Median offered salary$93,610

Middle half of salaries$78,780–$115,000

10th–90th percentile$68,000–$138,219

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	489	$76,000
Level II (qualified)	472	$96,616
Level III (experienced)	229	$118,700
Level IV (fully competent)	142	$140,000

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
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.	71	$94,175
Carollo Engineers, Inc.	50	$85,896
WSP USA Inc.	42	$94,972
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	33	$105,030
Arcadis U.S., Inc.	33	$95,077
UChicago Argonne LLC	33	$89,544
AECOM Technical Services Inc	29	$93,509
The Trustees of Princeton University	28	$67,000
California Air Resources Board	27	$106,692
Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.	25	$107,000
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	24	$110,000
Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC	20	$80,974
Battelle Memorial Institute	18	$111,597
Distinct Engineering Solutions Inc	16	$88,400
CDM Smith Inc.	14	$95,087
Environmental Resources Management, Inc.	13	$127,500
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	11	$104,190
The University of Texas at Austin	11	$92,123
Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc	11	$101,750
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	10	$93,600
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.	9	$90,022
SLR International Corporation	9	$96,304
State of Washington Department of Ecology	9	$87,500
W.M. Rice University	9	$62,421
Black & Veatch Corporation	9	$101,098
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	8	$118,264
Kleinfelder, Inc.	8	$107,827
GradCo LLC	8	$109,184
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI)	8	$78,086
Parsons Transportation Group Inc.	7	$128,345
Tetra Tech, Inc.	7	$107,000
Amazon.com Services LLC	7	$143,000
Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc.	7	$70,262
Montrose Environmental Group Inc.	7	$66,893
University of Connecticut	7	$60,900
University of Illinois	7	$84,344
Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineering, Inc.	7	$95,659
City of Philadelphia	7	$83,921
Brown and Caldwell	7	$98,000
KeyLogic LLC	7	$102,674
NCS Engineers, LLC	7	$83,200
North Carolina State University	6	$65,458
WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc.	6	$86,570
Amazon Data Services, Inc	6	$148,650
Research Foundation of CUNY	6	$79,490
Georgia Institute of Technology	6	$85,772
EKI Environment & Water, Inc.	6	$106,353
South Coast Air Quality Management District	6	$103,599
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	6	$66,950
Larry Walker Associates, Inc.	6	$81,007

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	422	$90,002
FY2024	363	$89,590
FY2025	464	$95,900
FY2026	312	$99,195

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).