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Salary comparison

Civil Engineers vs Industrial 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
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #21
Occupation B
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #12

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersIndustrial Engineers
Median wage$75,000$89,217
P25 wage$64,064$72,800
P75 wage$91,478$111,103
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$27,414$38,303
Total filings73,095112,895
Wage samples72,403112,544
Rank#21#12

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
Industrial Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$72k
FY2013$73k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$87k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$98k
FY2023$101k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$107k
FY2026$115k

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 — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA24,547$111,509
  • 2TX10,110$90,359
  • 3MA6,555$95,800
  • 4MI6,377$81,765
  • 5NY5,143$87,589

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

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