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Environmental Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2081 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2081
Share of U.S. applications
0.08%
Applications on record
9,828
FY2025
554
Median offered wage
$94,349
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$94,349certified 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 Environmental Engineers (SOC 17-2081). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Environmental Engineers

329657FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
329657FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008129
FY2009232
FY2010636
FY2011590
FY2012546
FY2013439
FY2014576
FY2015535
FY2016590
FY2017584
FY2018657
FY2019657
FY2020638
FY2021565
FY2022619
FY2023506
FY2024406
FY2025554
FY2026*369
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*031257
FY2025048272
FY2024038224
FY2023044858
FY2022056158
FY2021048877
FY2020058058
FY2019060354
FY2018057582
FY2017053351
FY2016049892
FY2015045481
FY2014050868
FY2013139345
FY2012046581
FY20110487103
FY20100505131
FY2009015676
FY200800129
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. Arcadis U.S., Inc.299
  2. Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.265
  3. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.249
  4. CDM Smith Inc.163
  5. Carollo Engineers, Inc.154
  6. Trinity Consultants, Inc.129
  7. California Air Resources Board98
  8. Camp Dresser & Mckee Inc.95
  9. CH2M Hill, Inc.90
  10. HDR Engineering, Inc.89
  11. WSP USA Inc.82
  12. Stantec Consulting Services Inc.78
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).

Environmental Engineers: applications by worksite state

1+17+35+72+288+
1+17+35+72+288+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,880
TX1,404
NY625
FL550
NJ548
GA450
IL404
PA392
MA349
MD305
WA292
AZ288
VA261
NC228
OH195
CO173
IN126
LA114
MI109
TN95
DC92
NV72
SC68
MO68
MN63
WI58
CT56
AL55
UT48
OR46
NM46
IA42
KY35
AR34
OK34
ID25
AK24
KS21
ND20
DE20
HI18
NH18
NE17
WV17
RI14
VT6
MS6
WY5
MT4
GU3
ME3
VI1
PR1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ914
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX812
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA618
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA513
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA409
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN371
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV362
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH316
  9. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL241
  10. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ240
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 $94,349; middle half $78,874 to $115,825 · median prevailing wage $86,070 (marker) · 1,145 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I391
  2. Level II350
  3. Level III193
  4. Level IV108
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Environmental Engineer1,309
  2. Project Engineer250
  3. Engineer141
  4. Staff Engineer111
  5. Air Resources Engineer107
  6. Postdoctoral Research Associate97
  7. Water Resources Engineer88
  8. Senior Environmental Engineer88
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.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • 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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