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Aerospace Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2011
Share of U.S. applications
0.05%
Applications on record
6,630
FY2025
439
Median offered wage
$126,880
Certified (last three years)
98.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$126,880certified 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 Aerospace Engineers (SOC 17-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Aerospace Engineers

248495FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
248495FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008127
FY2009149
FY2010448
FY2011495
FY2012493
FY2013379
FY2014424
FY2015372
FY2016431
FY2017387
FY2018313
FY2019354
FY2020286
FY2021245
FY2022351
FY2023326
FY2024314
FY2025439
FY2026*297
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*124155
FY2025034099
FY2024029024
FY2023029135
FY2022030843
FY2021020243
FY2020024640
FY2019031440
FY2018024568
FY2017029988
FY20160321110
FY2015030666
FY20140269155
FY2013029386
FY20120372121
FY2011039996
FY20100326122
FY200907970
FY200800127
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

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

Applications by employer
  1. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation657
  2. CTS Technical Services, Inc.388
  3. Volt Management Corp161
  4. Goodrich Corporation123
  5. Sia Enginering (USA) Inc103
  6. California Institute of Technology100
  7. Rockwell Collins Inc.90
  8. The Boeing Company86
  9. Joby Aero, Inc.86
  10. The Boeing Company71
  11. Cyient, Inc.65
  12. Airbus Americas, Inc.57
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Aerospace Engineers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA1,688
WA968
GA848
FL381
TX362
AL295
KS285
NC157
MI141
IL103
AZ99
MA97
NY92
CO89
VA86
IA86
PA85
IN70
MD68
CT63
SC53
NV53
WI52
MN51
OK46
OH45
NJ41
NM30
OR21
MO21
TN19
VT18
AR17
MS13
WV11
UT11
HI11
DC10
RI7
DE6
NH6
PR4
KY4
ND3
SD3
WY3
ID2
AK2
LA2
ME1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA922
  2. Savannah, GA723
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA560
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA418
  5. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA267
  6. Mobile, AL238
  7. Wichita, KS226
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA216
  9. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL182
  10. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX124
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

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

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

Median $126,880; middle half $99,029 to $151,410 · median prevailing wage $113,298 (marker) · 841 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I212
  2. Level II277
  3. Level III188
  4. Level IV148
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Aerospace Engineer272
  2. Technical Specialist I184
  3. Technical Specialist II124
  4. Stress Engineer94
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate76
  6. Design Engineer71
  7. Structural Analysis Engineer69
  8. Research Scientist67
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

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

  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Mobile, AL
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
  • Savannah, GA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Wichita, KS
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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