Engineer, H-1B salary
What 9,025 H-1B filings report for “Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Engineer?
$82k median H-1B base salary for an Engineer, typically $63k to $130k, across 9,025 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Nebraska at $114k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Nebraska98$114k+$32k
- 2Washington416$108k+$26k
- 3Arizona851$107k+$25k
- 4California1,492$102k+$20k
- 5Virginia239$96k+$14k
- 6Oregon41$92k+$10k
- 7New York571$88k+$6k
- 8Massachusetts239$87k+$5k
- 9Texas844$85k+$3k
- 10Alabama35$82ksame
- 11Nevada25$82ksame
- 12Connecticut53$79k−$3k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $82kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Engineer roles are Tata Consultancy Services, American Express, Satyam Venture Engineering Services, Samsung, and Nordstrom, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Tata Consultancy Services2,072 filings$70k
- 2American Express923 filings$113k
- 3Satyam Venture Engineering Services365 filings$66k
- 4Samsung290 filings$110k
- 5Nordstrom221 filings$120k
- 6Wipro201 filings$74k
- 7Mutual of Omaha180 filings$119k
- 8Hewlett Packard Enterprise150 filings$140k
- 9MediaTek102 filings$114k
- 10Hinduja Tech99 filings$70k
- 11Virginia Electric and Power Company91 filings$108k
- 12Arm82 filings$109k
- 13Intertek80 filings$66k
- 14Thornton Tomasetti74 filings$64k
- 15American Electric Power58 filings$75k
- 16CommVault Systems55 filings$100k
- 17Geosyntec Consultants50 filings$79k
- 18Turner Construction49 filings$101k
- 19Qualitest49 filings$86k
- 20CTC Trading Group47 filings$175k
- 21Brillio44 filings$81k
- 22AtkinsRealis43 filings$64k
- 23Target42 filings$78k
- 24Shipt40 filings$115k
- 25Arup37 filings$88k
- 26Rummel, Klepper & Kahl37 filings$72k
- 27FedEx37 filings$69k
- 28DNV37 filings$88k
- 29Siemens Energy35 filings$88k
- 30Dominion Energy34 filings$98k
- 31DeSimone Consulting Engineering34 filings$75k
- 32The Fountain Group33 filings$96k
- 33Clark Construction32 filings$70k
- 34Caterpillar31 filings$86k
- 35Baltimore Gas & Electric Co, An Exelon Company31 filings$77k
- 36KPIT30 filings$77k
- 37ST Paper29 filings$95k
- 38Amgen29 filings$98k
- 39Applied Medical28 filings$81k
- 40TransUnion27 filings$82k
- 41Visual Concepts Entertainment27 filings$127k
- 42Amatel27 filings$70k
- 43Astemo27 filings$85k
- 44HERE26 filings$59k
- 45ASEC26 filings$65k
- 46HP25 filings$90k
- 47Egen Solutions24 filings$105k
- 48AECOM24 filings$72k
- 49Motional23 filings$145k
- 50Marvell22 filings$104k
Related titles in this family
1,775,294 filings carry “Engineer” in the title, across 158,644 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Engineer305,616 filings$113k
- 2Senior Software Engineer78,820 filings$132k
- 3Software Development Engineer II25,954 filings$153k
- 4Data Engineer24,735 filings$104k
- 5Sr. Software Engineer17,961 filings$124k
- 6Software Development Engineer I16,409 filings$124k
- 7Devops Engineer15,252 filings$96k
- 8Systems Engineer14,315 filings$89k
- 9Software Development Engineer14,277 filings$129k
- 10Mechanical Engineer13,963 filings$79k
- 11Software Engineering13,322 filings$169k
- 12Software Engineer II12,592 filings$113k
Figures are for the exact title “Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.