2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

WSP Usa

Offered base salaries from 214 certified H-1B filings, across 14 roles in 25 metro areas.

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

Half of WSP Usa's certified filings offered $99,507 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $83,013 and $119,267. 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$97,219$64k – $178k117
Electrical Engineers$125,216$84k – $175k13
Environmental Engineers$107,078$71k – $135k13
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$89,502$79k – $119k11
Construction Managers$101,312$75k – $150k8
Cost Estimators$122,658$83k – $126k6
Architectural and Engineering Managers$211,599$141k – $224k5
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$95,332$83k – $100k5
Urban and Regional Planners$90,055$82k – $116k5
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$80,018$71k – $83k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$95,555$79k – $224k20
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$94,224$82k – $220k14
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$108,255$80k – $212k12
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$82,418$74k – $150k11
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$115,000$90k – $175k11
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$107,608$84k – $170k11
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$97,219$72k – $165k9
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$98,695$64k – $126k8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$94,494$75k – $124k8
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$103,515$96k – $128k6
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Civil Engineers — Austin$86,2998−14.1%
Civil Engineers — New York$95,5558−11.0%
Civil Engineers — Seattle$96,3948−17.2%
Civil Engineers — Atlanta$105,5136+19.9%
Civil Engineers — Houston$100,8186−0.1%
Civil Engineers — Dallas$94,4945−2.5%
Civil Engineers — Miami$108,9715+30.1%
Civil Engineers — Washington$107,6085+5.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
214 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 WSP Usa'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.