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Salary comparison

Civil Engineers vs Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC 19-1042Rank #15

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$75,000$59,592
P25 wage$64,064$48,216
P75 wage$91,478$77,800
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$27,414$29,584
Total filings73,095100,500
Wage samples72,403100,078
Rank#21#15

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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$49k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$53k
FY2018$56k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$62k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$66k
FY2023$68k
FY2024$71k
FY2025$74k
FY2026$74k

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 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

  • 1CA12,074$77,569
  • 2MA11,260$65,060
  • 3NY8,863$60,965
  • 4TX7,222$50,000
  • 5PA4,613$56,004

Top 5 sponsors — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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