Salaries / Civil Engineers / Los Angeles
Civil Engineers salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 219 certified H-1B applications for civil engineers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 130 employers.
The middle half of offers were $96,500 to $121,500 a year, with a median of $109,000: 15% above the national median for this job ($95,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $77,979 at Level I and $98,946 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 26% | $77,979 |
| Level II (qualified) | 37% | $98,946 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $119,912 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 15% | $140,878 |
Who sponsors civil engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wsp Usa Buildings Inc. | 7 | $109,000 | 6 |
| Jacobs Project Management Company | 6 | $117,000 | 12 |
| Saiful Bouquet Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc. | 6 | $84,000 | 1 |
| John Labib Structural Engineers, LLP. | 6 | $96,500 | 4 |
| DPR Construction, A General Partnership | 5 | $96,500 | 3 |
| Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company | 4 | $112,500 | 5 |
| Stacy And Witbeck | 4 | $113,000 | 4 |
| Exbon Development, Inc. | 4 | $86,000 | 5 |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc. | 4 | $109,500 | 16 |
| Nabih Youssef & Associates | 3 | $110,000 | 5 |
| Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. | 3 | $96,500 | 15 |
| Wright Engineers | 3 | $112,000 | — |
| Michael Baker International, Inc. | 3 | $96,500 | 13 |
| Sinanian Development, Inc. | 3 | $120,000 | — |
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | 3 | $191,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Project Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, Project Manager, Field Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Staff Engineer, Transportation Engineer (Civil).
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.