Geotechnical Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 108 wage applications for Geotechnical Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 34 employers. The median offered wage was $89,981, 5.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC filed the most (41, median $81,000).

Filings: 108
Positions covered: 119
Employers: 34
Median offered: $89,981
Median prevailing wage: $80,309
Filings since FY2020: 409
Median offer change since FY2020: +14%

Geotechnical Engineer, all employers108 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$89,981Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$78,906 to $100,066Where the middle half of the filings fall

$80,309Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Geotechnical Engineer jobs rose 14%, from $79,259 in fiscal 2020 to $90,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 87 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.

Geotechnical Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	91	$90,000	+7.1%	$81,182	+5.8%
2025	87	$84,000	−6.7%	$77,220	+7.0%
2024	49	$90,002	+5.9%	$80,517	+14.8%
2023	35	$85,000	+5.6%	$75,795	+9.3%
2022	58	$80,500	+4.3%	$76,669	+6.3%
2021	35	$77,147	−2.7%	$70,352	+6.0%
2020	54	$79,259	n/a	$68,162	+3.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC	41	$81,000	+4.9%
WSP USA Inc.	14	$116,177	+10.8%
Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.	10	$90,639	+7.7%
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC	3	$149,720	+13.0%
RRC Power and Energy, LLC	3	$105,000	+54.6%
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	3	$103,854	+6.6%
ANS Geo LLC	2	$82,000	+17.6%
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	2	$89,550	+23.6%
Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC	2	$76,253	at the minimum
Arias & Associates, Inc.	2	$87,500	+12.0%
Bechtel Global Corporation	1	$110,856	+2.3%
Aviles Engineering Corporation	1	$78,500	+12.6%
Kiewit Engineering NY Corp	1	$134,799	+2.9%
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.	1	$94,594	+4.0%
Henningson, Durham & Richardson, PC	1	$130,000	+7.1%
Engineering & Materials Technologies, Inc.	1	$80,080	+8.9%
The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.	1	$92,602	at the minimum
Barr Engineering Co.	1	$76,274	at the minimum
NGI Inc.	1	n/a
Arup US, Inc.	1	$121,289	at the minimum
Entech Engineering, P.C.	1	$99,840	+26.7%
Willmer Engineering Inc.	1	$100,000	+1.6%
Soil and Land Use Technology, Inc.	1	$96,000	+5.8%

Showing the 23 employers with the most filings of 34. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Geotechnical Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	18	$94,920	+5.4%
Tampa, FL	6	$74,500	+4.3%
Atlanta, GA	4	$78,711	+1.3%
Houston, TX	4	$89,981	+5.6%
Omaha, NE	4	$88,139	+12.8%
Austin, TX	3	$81,000	+19.2%
Lenexa, KS	3	$90,556	+8.3%
Oklahoma City, OK	3	$72,114	at the minimum
Round Rock, TX	3	$105,000	+54.6%
Salt Lake City, UT	3	$70,000	+7.8%
South Jordan, UT	3	$149,720	+13.0%
Syracuse, NY	3	$91,354	+1.3%
Albuquerque, NM	2	$124,819	+17.1%
Brentwood, TN	2	$105,467	+2.6%
Chicago, IL	2	$93,470	+3.6%
Fort Lauderdale, FL	2	$77,730	at the minimum
Honolulu, HI	2	$76,253	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	2	$160,618	+16.7%
Lone Tree, CO	2	$110,309	+3.8%
Orlando, FL	2	$95,062	+8.7%
Parsipplany, NJ	2	$80,406	+2.0%
San Antonio, TX	2	$87,500	+12.0%
San Francisco, CA	2	$92,934	at the minimum
Allen, TX	1	$90,000	+6.5%
Boston, MA	1	$80,642	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry51%

Level II, qualified31%

Level III, experienced10%

Level IV, fully competent9%

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.

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