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Transportation Planners: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-3099. 862 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $85,000, middle half $72,000–$100,000.

Applications (LCAs)862

Median offered salary$85,000

Middle half of salaries$72,000–$100,000

10th–90th percentile$63,060–$120,288

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	348	$73,004
Level II (qualified)	227	$88,525
Level III (experienced)	97	$105,726
Level IV (fully competent)	84	$123,604

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
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.	55	$91,400
AECOM Technical Services Inc	52	$86,127
WSP USA Inc.	49	$94,994
Fehr & Peers	39	$79,581
CDM Smith Inc.	32	$98,862
University of Michigan	28	$70,000
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.	26	$92,692
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	21	$90,000
HDR Engineering, Inc.	19	$84,094
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.	18	$181,680
Texas A&M Transportation Institute	14	$91,510
Texas A&M University	13	$56,000
The University of Virginia	11	$65,000
C&M Associates, Inc.	10	$96,005
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc	9	$84,822
California Department of Transportation	8	$76,644
University of California, Los Angeles	7	$73,700
The Corradino Group	7	$80,021
Social Science Research Council	7	$120,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	7	$62,387
Steer Davies & Gleave, Inc.	6	$103,375
United Nations Foundation, Inc.	6	$112,050
Brown University	6	$68,908
University of Minnesota	6	$81,328
University of Wisconsin System	6	$66,000
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	6	$94,162
Henningson, Durham & Richardson, PC	6	$117,541
Educational Testing Service	6	$105,726
Arup US, Inc.	6	$122,200
LOCUS, Inc.	6	$99,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	6	$82,194
The University of Vermont	5	$61,218
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission	5	$67,538
Insight Transportation Consulting Inc.	5	$88,400
Meta Platforms, Inc	5	$172,716
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC	4	$90,496
HNTB Corporation	4	$100,006
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.	4	$65,812
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	4	$86,700
Cornell University	4	$71,556
Capacity to Impact, Inc.	4	$81,080
The University of Iowa	4	$66,249
Anderson Economic Group, LLC	4	$71,500
Duke University	4	$88,353
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	4	$60,000
T J K M	4	$88,260
Rehavior Inc.	4	$83,824
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc.	3	$82,000
Northeastern University	3	$110,000
The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities	3	$80,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	201	$77,000
FY2024	224	$81,582
FY2025	243	$85,000
FY2026	194	$92,674

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).