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Civil Engineers salary in Professional services, California

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Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Civil Engineers (Pro services) in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 498 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $104,739. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry180$86,528
Level II — qualified136$108,166
Level III — experienced62$127,669
Level IV — fully competent43$150,384

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Civil Engineers (Pro services) in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
HDR Engineering, Inc.Water/Wastewater Engineer in Training (EIT)17$125,798
WSP USA Inc.Civil Engineer13$108,255
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.Civil Engineering III12$127,796
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.Associate, Geotechnical Engineer11$104,478
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.Project Consultant11$95,633
Moffatt & NicholCivil Engineer III11$91,354
T.Y. Lin InternationalBridge Designer11$88,213
Mott MacDonald Group Inc.Principal Project Manager - Dams10$113,099
WSP USA BUILDINGS INC.Associate Consultant, Structural Engineering9$110,032
Arcadis U.S., Inc.Project Controls Specialist 29$100,006

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Project Manager 2 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $150,684
    BerkeleyDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-502633
  • Senior Engineer at Degenkolb Engineers
    $134,763
    OaklandDecided Dec 23, 2025I-200-25350-485888
  • Project Engineer I, Traffic at Sandis Civil Engineers, Surveyors, Planners
    $93,000
    OaklandDecided Dec 22, 2025I-200-25349-483553
  • Project Engineer at Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical & Enviromental Sciences Consultants
    $125,000
    San JoseDecided Dec 22, 2025I-200-25349-483710
  • Project Engineer at HZS Engineering, Inc.
    $76,211
    OrangeDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25347-480577
  • MEP Coordinator at HATHAWAY DINWIDDIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
    $138,000
    AnaheimDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-478376
  • Project Engineer at HNTB Corporation
    $132,787
    Santa AnaDecided Dec 18, 2025I-200-25345-474804
  • Construction Engineer 3 at AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
    $131,105
    SacramentoDecided Dec 18, 2025I-200-25345-477167

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.