H1B Report
Salary comparison

Accountants and Auditors vs Civil Engineers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Accountants and Auditors
SOC 13-2011Rank #10
Occupation B
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #21

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricAccountants and AuditorsCivil Engineers
Median wage$67,500$75,000
P25 wage$54,600$64,064
P75 wage$90,000$91,478
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,400$27,414
Total filings154,95073,095
Wage samples152,05372,403
Rank#10#21

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Accountants and Auditors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$53k
FY2011$53k
FY2012$55k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$56k
FY2015$57k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$66k
FY2019$69k
FY2020$75k
FY2021$79k
FY2022$85k
FY2023$89k
FY2024$89k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$105k
Civil Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$65k
FY2011$66k
FY2012$67k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$69k
FY2018$72k
FY2019$72k
FY2020$75k
FY2021$80k
FY2022$83k
FY2023$87k
FY2024$88k
FY2025$90k
FY2026$101k

Top 5 hiring states — Accountants and Auditors

  • 1CA33,427$72,000
  • 2NY23,625$75,000
  • 3TX15,422$62,462
  • 4IL7,381$67,200
  • 5NJ7,028$74,880

Top 5 hiring states — Civil Engineers

  • 1TX10,131$78,000
  • 2CA10,054$85,997
  • 3NY5,528$76,107
  • 4MI4,916$71,752
  • 5FL3,547$70,000
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