2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Black Veatch

Offered base salaries from 117 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 15 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Black Veatch's certified filings offered $92,955 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $76,648 and $115,627. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Electrical Engineers$92,955$62k – $136k56
Civil Engineers$85,155$61k – $145k28
Construction Managers$84,950$71k – $171k11
Architectural and Engineering Managers$146,980$123k – $218k6
Management Analysts$128,253$76k – $157k4
Environmental Engineers$93,766$65k – $114k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Kansas City, MO-KS$84,950$49k – $125k26
Ann Arbor, MI$109,762$69k – $121k8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$124,842$99k – $170k8
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$71,490$64k – $147k7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$92,955$61k – $144k6
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$101,982$65k – $152k6
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$131,747$84k – $136k6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$70,678$62k – $124k5
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$72,696$65k – $84k5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$100,547$79k – $139k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Black Veatch's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Electrical Engineers — Kansas City$79,14410−28.5%
Construction Managers — Kansas City$75,2347−38.2%
Electrical Engineers — Portland$131,7475+2.9%
Electrical Engineers — San Francisco$113,3305−31.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
117 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Black Veatch's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.