Salaries / Civil Engineers / San Francisco
Civil Engineers salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 216 certified H-1B applications for civil engineers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 107 employers.
The middle half of offers were $93,000 to $135,000 a year, with a median of $114,000: 20% above the national median for this job ($95,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (36% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $94,536 at Level I and $115,336 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) | 36% | $94,536 |
| Level II (qualified) | 31% | $115,336 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $136,157 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 11% | $156,957 |
Who sponsors civil engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Department of Transportation | 31 | $89,000 | — |
| Andrew M. Jordan, Inc. | 8 | $122,500 | 1 |
| Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. | 7 | $114,000 | 23 |
| Webcor Construction, LP | 7 | $114,000 | 3 |
| AECOM Technical Services, Inc. | 5 | $145,500 | 37 |
| Bay Cities Excavators, Inc. | 4 | $89,500 | — |
| Degenkolb Engineers | 4 | $135,000 | 5 |
| PARADIGM Structural Engineers, Inc. | 3 | $110,000 | — |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc. | 3 | $103,000 | 16 |
| PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. | 3 | $135,000 | 1 |
| Tipping Structural Engineers | 3 | $93,000 | — |
| Moody's Analytics, Inc. | 3 | $144,000 | — |
| Structus, Inc. | 3 | $114,000 | 1 |
| Ranger Pipelines, Inc. | 3 | $120,000 | 7 |
| Exponent, Inc. | 3 | $108,000 | 3 |
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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.