Civil Engineers
SOC Code: 17-2051.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 16,824 H-1B LCA filings for Civil Engineers from 3,942 employer filers, with a 97% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $95,315. The highest-volume worksite state is TX with 2,617 filings. The highest-volume filer is WSP USA Inc.. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Civil Engineers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2051.00, the extract lists 16,824 Labor Condition Application filings from 3,942 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Civil Engineers ranks #22 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 3% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Civil Engineers. The highest-volume employer filer is WSP USA Inc. with 343 filings at an average listed offered wage of $101,235, followed by Amazon Data Services, Inc, AECOM Technical Services Inc, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.. Geographically, TX leads with 2,617 filings (average listed wage $95,697), followed by CA, NY, FL. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Civil Engineers
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| WSP USA Inc. | 343 | $101,235 |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 330 | $133,093 |
| AECOM Technical Services Inc | 310 | $99,552 |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | 232 | $102,662 |
| Core Tech Construction Corporation | 180 | $76,745 |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc. | 175 | $97,433 |
| STV Incorporated | 160 | $93,332 |
| Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. | 152 | $107,299 |
| Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. | 152 | $97,355 |
| Clayco, Inc. | 145 | $102,314 |
| HDR Engineering, Inc. | 119 | $105,778 |
| Terracon Consultants, Inc. | 114 | $83,995 |
| Moss & Associates, LLC | 108 | $81,153 |
| DPR Construction, A General Partnership | 107 | $88,903 |
| Michael Baker International, INC. | 100 | $87,017 |
| Arcadis U.S., Inc. | 94 | $102,411 |
| Arup US, Inc. | 90 | $106,914 |
| Nan INC. | 81 | $76,882 |
| Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc. | 75 | $89,013 |
| Kleinfelder, Inc. | 73 | $79,054 |
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