Structural Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 236 wage applications for Structural Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 128 employers. The median offered wage was $100,006, 6.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. WSP USA Inc. filed the most (23, median $87,360).

Filings: 236
Positions covered: 232
Employers: 128
Median offered: $100,006
Median prevailing wage: $90,106
Filings since FY2020: 1,450
Median offer change since FY2020: +33%

Structural Engineer, all employers236 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$100,006Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$84,027 to $116,136Where the middle half of the filings fall

$90,106Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Structural Engineer jobs rose 33%, from $75,000 in fiscal 2020 to $100,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 223 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 Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	195	$100,000	+11.1%	$89,981	+6.5%
2025	223	$90,000	+4.2%	$80,558	+7.1%
2024	222	$86,400	−0.3%	$79,838	+6.6%
2023	205	$86,629	+5.6%	$82,202	+7.9%
2022	198	$82,000	+9.3%	$70,720	+5.9%
2021	209	$75,000	no change	$66,165	+5.7%
2020	198	$75,000	n/a	$66,518	+2.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
WSP USA Inc.	23	$87,360	+13.3%
WSP USA Buildings Inc.	11	$96,470	+4.3%
AI Engineers Inc	9	$101,920	+6.4%
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	9	$108,534	+10.5%
Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.	7	$112,618	+31.7%
Tesla, Inc.	7	$145,000	+42.5%
C & Y Engineering LLC	3	$68,370	at the minimum
Hollingsworth-Pack Corporation	3	$104,062	at the minimum
IDOM, Inc.	3	$90,004	+7.9%
Entech Engineering, P.C.	3	$124,800	+2.8%
Wright Engineers	3	$112,000	+16.1%
Metromont LLC	3	$105,000	at the minimum
Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP Engineers and Architects	3	$78,811	at the minimum
SJH Engineering, PC	3	$100,131	+0.3%
Integrated Design Engineers, LLC	2	$85,800	at the minimum
KPFF, Inc.	2	$101,290	+5.9%
Eyncon, LLC.	2	$205,920	+99.5%
ATANE Engineers P.C.	2	$111,800	+13.0%
Florida Engineering, LLC	2	$150,000	+5.1%
Maks Engineers, PC	2	$140,000	+24.6%
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	2	$101,000	+3.4%
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.	2	$107,474	at the minimum
Bliss & Nyitray, Inc	2	$81,480	+4.8%
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers PLLC	2	$106,282	+18.9%
Concept Engineers, Inc.	2	$99,000	+11.7%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 128. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Structural Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
New York, NY	16	$101,732	+4.1%
Austin, TX	11	$119,018	+14.4%
Chicago, IL	7	$119,257	at the minimum
Houston, TX	7	$102,819	+13.3%
Atlanta, GA	5	$97,427	+16.8%
Irvine, CA	5	$112,000	+16.1%
Los Angeles, CA	5	$108,805	+4.3%
Tampa, FL	5	$98,301	+5.0%
Chantilly, VA	4	$106,080	+16.7%
Miami, FL	4	$81,480	+7.4%
Orlando, FL	4	$78,073	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	3	$119,267	+15.4%
Boise, ID	3	$79,500	+13.6%
Culver City, CA	3	$96,470	at the minimum
Lenexa, KS	3	$90,556	+31.7%
Long Island City, NY	3	$100,006	+7.9%
Princeton, NJ	3	$100,131	+0.3%
Raleigh, NC	3	$84,240	+11.0%
Richmond, VA	3	$75,213	+6.4%
Seattle, WA	3	$85,800	at the minimum
Washington, DC	3	$90,938	+7.5%
Bronx, NY	2	$114,400	+3.3%
Brooklyn, NY	2	$132,766	+9.3%
Camden, NJ	2	$110,000	+6.6%
Duluth, GA	2	$75,879	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry33%

Level II, qualified37%

Level III, experienced20%

Level IV, fully competent10%

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.
7 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.