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Staff Engineer in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
59
Median offered wage
$80,000
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
Median wage$80,000certified 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 "Staff Engineer" and a worksite in Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
918FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY20238
FY20247
FY202513
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
29
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. HVJ Associates, Inc.8
  2. Terracon Consultants, Inc.8
  3. Midstream and Terminal Services LLC5
  4. Kenall, Inc.3
  5. iGET Services, LLC3
  6. Cibor, Inc.2
  7. Piping Technology & Products, Inc.2
  8. M&R Manufacturing, LLC2
  9. infraTECH Engineers & Innovators, LLC2
  10. Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C.2
  11. Traf-iq, Inc.2
  12. Weeks Marine, Inc.2
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 $80,000; middle half $70,006 to $92,814 · median prevailing wage $69,722 (marker) · 59 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I39
  2. Level II14
  3. Level III2
  4. Level IV4
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 "Staff Engineer" appears on 2,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 608 employers for worksites in 403 cities; the median offered wage is $157,000, so the median in Houston is 49.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,456
Employers nationwide
608
Cities with filings
403
National median offered wage
$157,000
Share of national filings in Houston
2.4%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA350
  2. Austin, TX208
  3. Palo Alto, CA119
  4. New York City, NY107
  5. San Diego, CA97
  6. Santa Clara, CA72
  7. San Francisco, CA72
  8. Houston, TX59
  9. Sunnyvale, CA54
  10. Seattle, WA37
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; "Staff Engineer" ranks #77 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Staff Engineer in Houston
77
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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