Engineer I, H-1B salary
What 1,286 H-1B filings report for “Engineer I” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Engineer I?
$75k median H-1B base salary for an Engineer I, typically $61k to $102k, across 1,286 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Nebraska at $100k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Nebraska25$100k+$25k
- 2Arizona55$95k+$20k
- 3Massachusetts47$83k+$8k
- 4Indiana20$81k+$6k
- 5California96$81k+$6k
- 6New Jersey40$79k+$4k
- 7Texas233$77k+$2k
- 8New York64$76k+$1k
- 9Virginia31$75ksame
- 10Georgia38$75ksame
- 11Illinois89$75ksame
- 12Ohio34$74k−$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $75kfor 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 I?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Engineer I roles are P3 Group, Samsung, WSP, and Mutual of Omaha, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Engineer I filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1P3 Group73 filings$68k
- 2Samsung70 filings$89k
- 3WSP40 filings$71k
- 4Mutual of Omaha33 filings$105k
- 5Parsons30 filings$83k
- 6AtkinsRealis30 filings$71k
- 7ZF Group28 filings$70k
- 8Gbt26 filings$101k
- 9HNTB23 filings$68k
- 10Rummel, Klepper & Kahl21 filings$85k
- 11CHA Consulting20 filings$77k
- 12Progress Rail20 filings$86k
- 13Modjeski and Masters18 filings$67k
- 14Automotive Robotics17 filings$62k
- 15Entergy17 filings$71k
- 16GEICO16 filings$114k
- 17Ardurra Group15 filings$78k
- 18AIR Worldwide15 filings$100k
- 19University of Phoenix14 filings$95k
- 20Crawford, Murphy & Tilly13 filings$77k
- 21Spotify12 filings$134k
- 22GZA GeoEnvironmental12 filings$71k
- 23Advanced Energy Industries11 filings$71k
- 24Granite Construction11 filings$62k
- 25JinkoSolar10 filings$64k
- 26EOG Resources10 filings$109k
- 27Fermilab10 filings$69k
- 28American Bureau of Shipping9 filings$88k
- 29umlaut9 filings$72k
- 30Freese and Nichols9 filings$64k
- 31Dish9 filings$72k
- 32Carvana8 filings$93k
- 33Gulfstream Aerospace8 filings$69k
- 34Pape-Dawson Engineers8 filings$74k
- 35Azzur Group8 filings$66k
- 36Kiewit8 filings$74k
- 37AECOM7 filings$61k
- 38F57 filings$115k
- 39FedEx7 filings$61k
- 40Astemo7 filings$64k
- 41Tamarack Grove Engineering6 filings$60k
- 42Custom Lighting Services6 filings$83k
- 43Danisco6 filings$105k
- 44Weston and Sampson Engineers6 filings$70k
- 45BrandSafway6 filings$74k
- 46McKinsey6 filings$107k
- 47CP&Y5 filings$64k
- 48CPM5 filings$83k
- 49IZiel Healthcare5 filings$83k
- 50Jc Residential and Light Commercial5 filings$67k
Related titles in this family
205,208 filings carry “Engineer I” in the title, across 12,775 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Development Engineer II25,954 filings$153k
- 2Software Development Engineer I16,409 filings$124k
- 3Software Engineer II12,592 filings$113k
- 4Software Engineer III11,724 filings$117k
- 5Software Development Engineer III6,062 filings$176k
- 6Software Dev Engineer II5,495 filings$171k
- 7Software Dev Engineer I3,986 filings$129k
- 8Data Engineer II3,978 filings$136k
- 9Business Intelligence Engineer II3,737 filings$124k
- 10Software Development Engineer in Test3,502 filings$96k
- 11Software Engineer I3,454 filings$96k
- 12Engineer II2,507 filings$93k
Figures are for the exact title “Engineer I”; 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.