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Urban and Regional Planners: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-3051. 929 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $81,200, middle half $69,500–$98,155.

Applications (LCAs)929

Median offered salary$81,200

Middle half of salaries$69,500–$98,155

10th–90th percentile$60,000–$120,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	347	$71,400
Level II (qualified)	269	$81,828
Level III (experienced)	95	$93,995
Level IV (fully competent)	93	$125,000

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
AECOM Technical Services Inc	47	$94,133
Sasaki Associates	39	$78,250
WSP USA Inc.	23	$106,272
HR&A Advisors, Inc.	22	$90,000
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	10	$86,500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	9	$84,360
Metropolitan Area Planning Council	8	$76,156
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	7	$109,361
Perkins & Will, Inc.	7	$65,811
Houston Galveston Area Council	7	$65,000
Toole Design Group LLC	7	$75,000
Evolve, LLC	7	$57,000
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.	6	$82,000
Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP	6	—
Landrum & Brown, Inc.	6	$102,250
Southern California Association of Governments	6	$94,578
CBT-Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc.	6	$69,125
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.	6	$76,066
City and County of San Francisco	5	$128,440
The Hudson Companies Incorporated	5	$146,000
Kings Celia Home and Park Improvements Corporation	5	—
Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC	5	$80,000
Jacobs Civil Consultants, Inc.	5	$91,241
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	5	$78,395
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County	5	$82,000
Citizens Housing & Planning Council of New York	4	$80,662
World Resources Institute	4	$86,666
Hastings Architecture, LLC	4	$73,000
Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston (EDIC)	4	$97,396
Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation	4	$86,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	4	$79,750
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.	4	$101,500
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NA, Inc.	4	—
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	4	$64,522
DY Consulting Engineers, P.C.	4	$115,000
Living Cities, Inc.	4	$136,600
University of Florida	4	$83,000
ASA Properties, LLC	4	$215,000
Omega Design LLC	4	$69,300
SJH Engineering, PC	4	$84,760
Freese and Nichols, Inc.	4	$61,235
Michael Baker International, Inc.	4	$78,500
City of Apopka	4	$65,588
Modern Land Seattle LLC	4	$96,000
University of California, Berkeley	4	$130,000
IMC Capital Investment LLC	4	$74,714
City of Philadelphia	4	$89,558
Texas A&M Transportation Institute	4	$83,414
Modern Mobility Partners, LLC	4	$74,162
World Wildlife Fund US	3	$99,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	185	$76,794
FY2024	245	$78,375
FY2025	270	$80,829
FY2026	229	$85,800

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).