HDR H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Engineering & construction · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Omaha, NE HQ🌐 hdrinc.com
Does HDR sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. HDR has filed 1,312 H-1B LCAs and 239 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 HDR filed 359 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $101,046, about 17% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 64 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 156 | $105k |
| FY2025 | 203 | $97k |
| FY2024 | 145 | $93k |
| FY2023 | 96 | $90k |
| FY2022 | 138 | $88k |
| FY2021 | 101 | $82k |
| FY2020 | 100 | $78k |
| FY2019 | 141 | $72k |
| FY2018 | 128 | $71k |
| FY2017 | 104 | $69k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
- 1Design Coordinator63$66k
- 2Bridge Engineer in Training (EIT)56$76k
- 3Traffic Engineer in Training (EIT)51$73k
- 4Water/Wastewater Engineer in Training (EIT)45$77k
- 5Design Coordinator 237$77k
- 6Bridge Engineer35$100k
- 7Traffic Engineer31$103k
- 8Architectural Coordinator26$57k
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 25 | $104k |
| FY2025 | 39 | $98k |
| FY2024 | 16 | $96k |
| FY2023 | 25 | $90k |
| FY2022 | 21 | $80k |
| FY2021 | 33 | $85k |
| FY2020 | 27 | $73k |
| FY2019 | 25 | $83k |
| FY2018 | 15 | $68k |
| FY2017 | 13 | $70k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 5
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 5
- applications
- Most recent grant
- March 10, 2026
- Top area
- Treatment of water2
Pay against the local market
HDR’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 94% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | HDR pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architects | San Francisco, CA | 59 | $90,506 | $108,637 | 83% |
| Civil Engineers | Dallas, TX | 53 | $86,135 | $92,016 | 94% |
| Civil Engineers | Seattle, WA | 46 | $96,247 | $98,205 | 98% |
| Civil Engineers | Austin, TX | 37 | $84,396 | $89,089 | 95% |
| Civil Engineers | New York, NY | 36 | $97,903 | $101,569 | 96% |
| Architects | Los Angeles, CA | 34 | $75,223 | $90,160 | 83% |
| Software Developers | Omaha, NE | 32 | $119,849 | $101,775 | 118% |
| Civil Engineers | Portland, OR | 26 | $84,203 | $96,449 | 87% |
| Civil Engineers | Sacramento, CA | 25 | $101,646 | $124,553 | 82% |
| Civil Engineers | Houston, TX | 25 | $99,554 | $98,335 | 101% |
About HDR
HDR is an engineering & construction company based in Omaha, NE. It was founded in 1917 and has about 10,000 employees worldwide.
- Name (DOL filings)
- HDR
- Listed
- Private
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Omaha, United States
- Industry
- Engineering & construction
- Founded
- 1917
- H-1B filings
- 1,312
- Median base
- $85,020
- Website
- hdrinc.com
