H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 17-2199Rank #48Updated Sep 2026

Engineers, All Other

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Engineers, All Other (SOC 17-2199). Based on 20,090 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$124,046
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$99,099
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$155,000
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,684
Rank #48 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I2,729$69,999$79,040$90,501
Level II4,750$86,117$99,138$117,692
Level III2,484$108,191$125,348$150,000
Level IV1,653$125,000$145,000$175,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$69,999$79,040$90,501
Level II$86,117$99,138$117,692
Level III$108,191$125,348$150,000
Level IV$125,000$145,000$175,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA4,788$124,176
2MI2,397$86,700
3TX1,719$98,000
4IL1,022$80,000
5NY1,004$87,214
6MA834$97,219
7PA600$89,959
8IN588$70,429
9NJ471$92,000
10OH406$79,851

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$74k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$76k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$83k
FY2019$84k
FY2020$88k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$101k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$124k
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