Structural Designer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 31 wage applications for Structural Designer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 21 employers. The median offered wage was $82,000, 0.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Tipping Structural Engineers filed the most (3, median $92,934).

Filings: 31
Positions covered: 29
Employers: 21
Median offered: $82,000
Median prevailing wage: $76,211
Filings since FY2020: 166
Median offer change since FY2020: +25%

Structural Designer, all employers31 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$82,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$75,000 to $88,750Where the middle half of the filings fall

$76,211Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Structural Designer jobs rose 25%, from $66,560 in fiscal 2020 to $83,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 31 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.

Structural Designer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	30	$83,000	−3.4%	$76,971	+2.3%
2025	25	$85,904	+7.4%	$84,510	+2.9%
2024	25	$80,018	+1.7%	$74,339	+6.9%
2023	22	$78,707	+0.1%	$76,024	+1.3%
2022	31	$78,624	+1.5%	$68,266	+2.1%
2021	13	$77,500	+16.4%	$77,147	+1.0%
2020	20	$66,560	n/a	$65,354	+1.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tipping Structural Engineers	3	$92,934	at the minimum
DOTec Professional Corporation	2	$76,527	+7.7%
John A. Martin Structural Engineers, Inc.	2	$87,755	+1.9%
Response Structural Engineers, Inc.	2	$88,000	+0.5%
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	2	$104,428	+2.2%
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	2	$91,115	+6.6%
Reuther Bowen, PC	1	$70,000	+7.5%
Salas O'Brien, Inc.	1	$71,300	+0.7%
Nitsch Engineering, Inc.	1	$78,790	+8.7%
Guidon Design, Inc.	1	$86,000	+0.6%
Insight Structural Engineers, Inc.	1	$88,750	+16.5%
exp U.S. Services Inc.	1	$75,000	+5.6%
COWI North America, Inc.	1	$84,000	+3.7%
Rutherford & Chekene	1	$84,000	+0.9%

Showing the 14 employers with the most filings of 21. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Structural Designer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Fargo, ND	4	$76,000	+24.4%
Berkeley, CA	3	$92,934	at the minimum
Los Angeles, CA	3	$96,470	+3.7%
Carmichael, CA	2	$88,000	+0.5%
St. Charles, MO	2	$76,527	+7.7%
St. Louis, MO	2	$75,000	+5.6%
San Francisco, CA	2	$98,919	+0.5%
Alpharetta, GA	1	$87,000	+4.3%
Boston, MA	1	$78,790	+8.7%
Chicago, IL	1	$78,229	+5.4%
Dunmore, PA	1	$70,000	+7.5%
El Segundo, CA	1	$88,750	+16.5%
Hammond, IN	1	$71,300	+0.7%
Indianapolis, IN	1	$86,000	+0.6%
Kansas City, MO	1	$68,000	+0.8%
Lee'S Summit, MO	1	$71,000	+5.3%
Pelham, AL	1	$67,579	at the minimum
Pembroke Pines, FL	1	$77,730	at the minimum
Seattle, WA	1	$84,000	+3.7%
Washington, DC	1	$95,018	+4.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry58%

Level II, qualified35%

Level III, experienced8%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.