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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-3029 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-3029
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,608
FY2025
37
Median offered wage
$67,000
Certified (last three years)
93.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$67,000certified 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 Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (SOC 17-3029). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other

152304FY2009FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
152304FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200928
FY201095
FY201171
FY201279
FY2013129
FY2014168
FY2015244
FY2016304
FY2017301
FY2018251
FY2019257
FY2020242
FY2021162
FY2022140
FY202350
FY202420
FY202537
FY2026*30
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*011613
FY202511269
FY202400128
FY2023002822
FY2022038057
FY20210110358
FY20200022022
FY20190024611
FY20180223514
FY2017002947
FY20160029410
FY2015002404
FY2014011661
FY2013001272
FY201201762
FY201100674
FY201000914
FY200900280
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. Telecom Technology Services, Inc.94
  2. University of California at Santa Barbara70
  3. Vaswani Inc.26
  4. University of Pittsburgh25
  5. Quality Control Laboratories LLC21
  6. Texas First Industrial, Corp., Inc.19
  7. The University of Houston19
  8. Caravels, LLC16
  9. Johns Hopkins University15
  10. Open Systems, Inc.13
  11. Mando America Corporation13
  12. Tomar Construction Services Inc.13
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).

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other: applications by worksite state

1+4+9+19+65+
1+4+9+19+65+
Data table
StateApplications
TX508
CA464
NJ187
NY176
FL119
MA116
GA96
PA85
OH74
MI72
IL69
AL65
VA49
MD45
CO41
AZ36
CT36
WA34
NC28
MN27
OR25
SC23
KS19
IN16
DC14
LA14
NV14
AR13
MO12
ID11
TN10
KY10
WI9
UT9
OK8
IA7
PR6
MS6
ME6
GU6
NE5
MT5
NM5
SD4
NH4
HI3
ND3
DE3
RI3
AK2
WY2
WV2
MP1
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ284
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX277
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX138
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA98
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA95
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH93
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA93
  8. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA81
  9. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL64
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN64
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 $67,000; middle half $55,817 to $78,824 · median prevailing wage $65,125 (marker) · 50 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I13
  2. Level II22
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV7
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Electrical Engineering Technologist111
  2. Associate RF Engineer96
  3. Manufacturing Engineering Technologist95
  4. Engineering Technician52
  5. Quality Engineer47
  6. Industrial Engineering Technologist42
  7. Research Associate34
  8. Test Engineer28
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.

  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
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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