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Engineer in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Engineer
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
35
Median offered wage
$83,200
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
Median wage$83,200certified 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 "Engineer" and a worksite in Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Data table
FY202212
FY20237
FY20248
FY20258
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
17
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. Arup US, Inc.7
  2. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.3
  3. Lecgi, Inc.3
  4. Technip Energies USA, Inc.3
  5. Henderson Rogers Structural Engineers, LLC3
  6. Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.2
  7. 2H Offshore Inc.2
  8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company2
  9. Drillmec Inc.2
  10. En-fab, Inc.1
  11. Arup Texas, Inc.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 $83,200; middle half $78,572 to $90,720 · median prevailing wage $79,699 (marker) · 33 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I17
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV2
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 "Engineer" appears on 2,788 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 593 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $108,060, so the median in Houston is 23.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,788
Employers nationwide
593
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$108,060
Share of national filings in Houston
1.3%
Cities with the most applications for Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ297
  2. New York City, NY145
  3. San Jose, CA143
  4. Austin, TX112
  5. Glen Allen, VA61
  6. San Francisco, CA59
  7. Omaha, NE58
  8. San Diego, CA57
  9. Chicago, IL54
  10. Sunrise, FL37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Engineer" ranks #142 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Engineer in Houston
142
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Civil Engineers (all job titles)
$88,046
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  6. Data Engineer341
  7. Research Scientist301
  8. Manager301
  9. Data Scientist272
  10. Architect268
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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