Engineer I H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Civil Engineers (SOC 17-2051).

Employers filed 159 wage applications for Engineer I jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 72 employers. The median offered wage was $85,000, 7.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. AtkinsRealis USA Inc. filed the most (12, median $78,811).

Filings: 159
Positions covered: 158
Employers: 72
Median offered: $85,000
Median prevailing wage: $78,811
Filings since FY2020: 962
Median offer change since FY2020: +17%

Engineer I, all employers159 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$85,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$78,672 to $95,170Where the middle half of the filings fall

$78,811Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Engineer I jobs rose 17%, from $72,907 in fiscal 2020 to $85,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 160 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Engineer I by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	143	$85,000	+3.7%	$78,811	+7.7%
2025	160	$82,000	+3.7%	$73,580	+7.8%
2024	157	$79,040	−2.7%	$70,866	+5.3%
2023	107	$81,203	−10.8%	$75,691	+7.0%
2022	142	$91,000	+16.3%	$81,848	+9.3%
2021	120	$78,270	+7.4%	$76,606	+3.0%
2020	133	$72,907	n/a	$68,203	+4.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
AtkinsRealis USA Inc.	12	$78,811	at the minimum
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC	11	$90,563	at the minimum
Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP	10	$89,024	+17.4%
Ardurra Group, Inc.	9	$82,498	+9.0%
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	9	$123,600	+21.4%
CHA Consulting, Inc.	7	$78,000	+11.5%
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	6	$70,802	+25.1%
TechServ Consulting and Training Ltd.	5	$67,080	+10.5%
Parsons Transportation Group Inc.	5	$90,750	at the minimum
Egen Solutions LLC	4	$90,668	+22.7%
LG Energy Solution Michigan, Inc.	4	$82,665	+7.9%
The University of Phoenix, Inc.	3	$97,209	+10.9%
K&A Engineering Consulting, P.C.	3	$80,375	+2.1%
Andersen Corporation	2	$90,089	+7.9%
Environmental Chemical Corporation	2	$105,000	+39.8%
Brookhaven National Laboratory	2	$170,999	+17.2%
Memphis Light, Gas, and Water	2	$85,046	+21.5%
Nordstrom, Inc.	2	$131,200	+11.4%
Nucor Warehouse Systems Inc.	2	$89,044	+12.7%
Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc.	2	$75,213	at the minimum
AIR Worldwide Corporation	2	$117,537	+19.1%
InterDigital Communications, Inc.	2	$149,533	+8.6%
SSOE Inc. d/b/a SSOE Group	2	$67,736	at the minimum
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.	2	$112,174	+12.2%
Resolution Group, Inc.	1	$81,869	+15.1%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 72. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Engineer I jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	15	$90,563	at the minimum
Batavia, IL	6	$70,802	+25.1%
Edison, NJ	5	$78,811	at the minimum
Houston, TX	5	$83,200	+3.5%
Tyler, TX	5	$67,080	+10.5%
Woodbridge, NJ	5	$78,811	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	4	$74,427	+8.5%
Maitland, FL	4	$74,160	+7.8%
Boston, MA	3	$105,569	+17.6%
Columbia, SC	3	$78,000	+1.2%
Oak Brook, IL	3	$80,375	+2.1%
Plano, TX	3	$112,174	+18.2%
Seattle, WA	3	$130,000	+10.4%
Tampa, FL	3	$78,674	+12.6%
Troy, MI	3	$83,948	+7.9%
Albany, NY	2	$81,978	+4.2%
Baltimore, MD	2	$89,679	+7.1%
Bellevue, WA	2	$115,250	+16.1%
Champaign, IL	2	$154,500	+46.4%
Chicago, IL	2	$96,575	+5.2%
Fairfax, VA	2	$86,528	+17.7%
Goodyear, AZ	2	$93,424	+3.1%
Indianapolis, IN	2	$83,658	+7.5%
Los Altos, CA	2	$149,533	+8.6%
Memphis, TN	2	$85,046	+21.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry68%

Level II, qualified26%

Level III, experienced3%

Level IV, fully competent3%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
5 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.