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Salary comparison

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1042Rank #17
Occupation B
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #21

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryCivil Engineers
Median wage$90,000$75,000
P25 wage$72,000$64,064
P75 wage$120,000$91,478
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$48,000$27,414
Total filings97,84273,095
Wage samples97,42472,403
Rank#17#21

Median wage by year

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

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$72k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$80k
FY2014$81k
FY2015$83k
FY2016$85k
FY2017$88k
FY2018$89k
FY2019$91k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$102k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$107k
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 — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1TX9,208$92,500
  • 2NY7,234$93,088
  • 3CA6,586$95,000
  • 4PA4,447$90,000
  • 5IL3,896$85,000

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

Top 5 sponsors — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

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