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Civil Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2051 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2051
Share of U.S. applications
0.65%
Applications on record
78,749
FY2025
7,579
Median offered wage
$90,002
Certified (last three years)
98.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$90,002certified 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 Civil Engineers (SOC 17-2051). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Civil Engineers

3,7907,579FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
3,7907,579FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008715
FY20091,285
FY20103,688
FY20113,289
FY20123,184
FY20132,470
FY20142,920
FY20153,343
FY20163,755
FY20173,856
FY20185,066
FY20195,569
FY20204,709
FY20214,549
FY20225,443
FY20235,072
FY20245,882
FY20257,579
FY2026*6,375
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*005,2321,143
FY2025006,3041,275
FY2024405,152726
FY2023304,408661
FY2022304,877563
FY2021303,906640
FY2020704,200502
FY2019204,995572
FY2018004,368698
FY2017003,446410
FY2016003,195560
FY2015002,812531
FY2014002,425495
FY2013002,184286
FY2012012,687496
FY2011002,690599
FY2010002,845843
FY200900782503
FY2008000715
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. WSP USA Inc.1,166
  2. HDR Engineering, Inc.929
  3. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.812
  4. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.743
  5. California Department of Transportation649
  6. AECOM Technical Services Inc620
  7. Arcadis U.S., Inc.603
  8. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.588
  9. DPR Construction, A General Partnership551
  10. Terracon Consultants, Inc.533
  11. Amazon Data Services, Inc524
  12. Hntb Corporation519
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).

Civil Engineers: applications by worksite state

2+85+264+698+1,766+
2+85+264+698+1,766+
Data table
StateApplications
CA12,468
TX12,438
NY8,502
FL5,404
VA3,282
NJ3,202
IL3,047
MD2,492
GA2,363
GU2,280
WA2,003
MA1,766
PA1,718
AZ1,626
NC1,460
CO1,225
MI1,172
OH1,002
IN832
DC814
CT720
MO709
LA698
NV696
OR693
OK543
MN531
KS497
SC495
UT456
HI443
TN400
WI305
AL264
MP234
KY224
NM196
NE193
AR180
IA174
ID154
MS126
ND98
WV89
DE85
NH75
AK72
VT47
ME46
MT45
RI41
SD40
PR38
WY35
VI2
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,481
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,989
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,585
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,528
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,233
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,365
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,701
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,277
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA2,227
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,770
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 $90,002; middle half $77,730 to $110,000 · median prevailing wage $82,326 (marker) · 16,177 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I6,402
  2. Level II5,317
  3. Level III2,419
  4. Level IV1,774
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Civil Engineer8,008
  2. Project Engineer7,533
  3. Structural Engineer3,390
  4. Project Manager1,331
  5. Staff Engineer1,279
  6. Engineer1,278
  7. Field Engineer1,051
  8. Design Engineer1,033
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.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Boise City, ID
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Champaign-Urbana, IL
  • Charleston-North Charleston, SC
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbia, SC
  • Columbus, OH
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • El Paso, TX
  • Fresno, CA
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Madison, WI
  • 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
  • North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • 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
  • Richmond, VA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, NY
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Urban Honolulu, HI
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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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