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Salary comparison

Civil Engineers vs Physicians, All Other

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
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$75,000$185,000
P25 wage$64,064$66,238
P75 wage$91,478$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$27,414$181,212
Total filings73,09598,627
Wage samples72,40398,023
Rank#21#16

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
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

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 — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970
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