H-1B job title salary

Field Engineer

#271 most-filed title 217 certified LCAs filed under 17 occupations
Median salary
$80,325
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$73,000 – $92,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-3.46%
-6.39% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0%
217 filings

Field Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$69,622
P25$73,000
Median$80,325
P75$92,000
P90$102,816
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$76,939155 LCAs
Level II$90,43850 LCAs
Level IV$145,2486 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Field Engineer pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Civil Engineers 72%Industrial Engineers 6%Mechanical Engineers 5%Construction Managers 4%Electrical Engineers 3%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Civil Engineers 17-2051 72.35% 157 $72,800 $80,325 $92,206
Industrial Engineers 17-2112 5.99% 13 $73,000 $75,000 $77,750
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 4.61% 10 $74,693 $80,842 $86,212
Construction Managers 11-9021 3.69% 8 $78,442 $82,325 $85,156
Electrical Engineers 17-2071 2.76% 6 $78,182 $81,120 $95,804
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 2.3% 5 $70,554 $84,947 $84,947

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Field Engineer

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Terracon Consultants
SOC 17-2051 · Civil Engineers
17 $67,766 -15.6%
Kiewit Power Constructors
SOC 17-2051 · Civil Engineers
16 $93,093 +15.9%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Field Engineer II14 LCAs · median $99,854
  • Senior Field Engineer10 LCAs · median $98,000
  • Field Engineer III8 LCAs · median $101,824
  • Field Engineer I7 LCAs · median $77,896

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