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Architectural and Engineering Managers

Occupation · SOC 2018 11-9041 · United States

SOC 2018 code
11-9041
Share of U.S. applications
0.32%
Applications on record
38,327
FY2025
3,169
Median offered wage
$180,000
Certified (last three years)
99.1%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$180,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Architectural and Engineering Managers (SOC 11-9041). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Architectural and Engineering Managers

1,5853,169FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,5853,169FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008636
FY2009868
FY20102,598
FY20112,104
FY2012654
FY20131,673
FY20142,131
FY20151,415
FY20162,033
FY20171,928
FY20182,327
FY20192,251
FY20202,152
FY20212,235
FY20222,610
FY20232,491
FY20242,627
FY20253,169
FY2026*2,425
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*102,043381
FY2025002,608561
FY2024002,271356
FY2023002,048443
FY2022002,246364
FY2021201,775458
FY2020101,774377
FY2019101,868382
FY2018021,782543
FY2017011,492435
FY2016011,284748
FY2015011,40311
FY2014011,506624
FY2013021,293378
FY201200129525
FY2011001,323781
FY2010001,5941,004
FY200900403465
FY2008000636

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation1,250
  2. NVIDIA Corporation771
  3. Apple Inc.656
  4. Texas Instruments Incorporated418
  5. Tesla, Inc.389
  6. Fca US LLC294
  7. Cummins Inc.255
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.213
  9. Facebook, Inc.210
  10. Amazon Corporate LLC167
  11. Applied Materials, Inc.160
  12. Medtronic, Inc.150

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Architectural and Engineering Managers: applications by worksite state

2+40+143+284+760+
2+40+143+284+760+
Data table
StateApplications
CA11,898
TX4,972
MI2,978
FL1,755
NY1,703
WA1,297
IL1,259
NJ962
MA890
GA823
OR771
NC760
AZ702
PA680
IN610
OH548
VA521
TN387
CO378
WI377
MN326
SC301
CT284
UT282
AL260
MD259
NV224
MO221
LA205
GU191
KY180
OK163
ID151
IA143
KS110
AR98
PR59
DC56
NH56
MP55
RI55
WV45
MS44
AK40
NM40
NE36
HI36
DE35
VT30
ND24
MT17
ME11
WY8
SD5
VI2
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA5,146
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,203
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,646
  4. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI2,529
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,112
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,885
  7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,201
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,149
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,083
  10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,052

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $180,000; middle half $148,156 to $213,978 · median prevailing wage $163,550 (marker) · 6,740 applications.

$120k$155k$190k$225k$260k
$120k$155k$190k$225k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,111
  2. Level II2,115
  3. Level III1,383
  4. Level IV1,416
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Engineering Manager2,579
  2. Project Manager756
  3. Product Manager425
  4. Program Manager367
  5. Director of Engineering357
  6. Manager, Engineering245
  7. Software Engineering Manager187
  8. Senior Project Manager174

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boise City, ID
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Columbus, IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Niles, MI
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Reno, NV
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV