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Civil Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Civil Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
36
Median offered wage
$85,000
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
Median wage$85,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Civil Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY20236
FY20245
FY20257
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
21
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. WSP USA Inc.5
  2. T.Y. Lin International4
  3. Quigg Engineering, Inc3
  4. Hanna Architects, Inc.2
  5. Michael Baker International, Inc.2
  6. GRL Engineers, Inc.2
  7. Infrastructure Engineering Inc.2
  8. GEI Consultants, Inc.2
  9. Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $85,000; middle half $75,000 to $99,161 · median prevailing wage $74,256 (marker) · 33 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I19
  2. Level II9
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Civil Engineer" appears on 2,348 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 727 employers for worksites in 483 cities; the median offered wage is $77,313, so the median in Chicago is 9.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,348
Employers nationwide
727
Cities with filings
483
National median offered wage
$77,313
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.5%
Cities with the most applications for Civil Engineer
  1. Tamuning, GU467
  2. New York City, NY129
  3. Barrigada Village, GU82
  4. Houston, TX56
  5. East Orange, NJ50
  6. Chicago, IL36
  7. Mangilao Village, GU36
  8. Detroit, MI36
  9. Princeton, NJ32
  10. Agat Village, GU30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Civil Engineer" ranks #145 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Civil Engineer in Chicago
145
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Civil Engineers (all job titles)
$88,046
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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