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Salary comparison

Civil Engineers vs Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #21
Occupation B
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
SOC 17-2072Rank #18

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersElectronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$75,000$109,470
P25 wage$64,064$87,422
P75 wage$91,478$137,500
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$27,414$50,078
Total filings73,09594,342
Wage samples72,40393,994
Rank#21#18

Median wage by year

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

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
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$81k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$88k
FY2014$90k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$95k
FY2017$96k
FY2018$103k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$115k
FY2021$120k
FY2022$124k
FY2023$130k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$148k
FY2026$157k

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 hiring states — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

  • 1CA46,688$124,176
  • 2TX12,210$109,650
  • 3OR4,535$90,043
  • 4MA3,611$104,957
  • 5MI3,157$81,037

Top 5 sponsors — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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