2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

HDR Engineering

Offered base salaries from 114 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 16 metro areas.

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

Half of HDR Engineering's certified filings offered $91,811 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $81,328 and $114,525. 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
Civil Engineers$91,146$70k – $165k73
Construction Managers$120,016$75k – $135k9
Electrical Engineers$102,523$75k – $125k8
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$84,094$64k – $116k7
Geographers$87,360$71k – $90k4
Mechanical Engineers$92,102$78k – $110k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$91,811$70k – $123k11
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$113,568$79k – $147k9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$120,016$81k – $183k8
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$82,680$70k – $125k7
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$110,000$90k – $130k7
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$80,018$75k – $160k6
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$110,011$85k – $165k5
Omaha, NE-IA$71,074$70k – $108k4
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$84,094$84k – $92k3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$102,669$103k – $103k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Civil Engineers — Austin$91,8117−8.6%
Civil Engineers — Seattle$96,6587−17.0%
Civil Engineers — Dallas$110,2406+13.7%
Civil Engineers — Houston$80,0186−20.7%
Civil Engineers — Phoenix$82,6805−8.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
114 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 HDR Engineering'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.