How much does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. pay?

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a median filed salary of $87,194 across 1,313 DOL filings, ranging from $72,000 to $109,429.

Does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. pay above market?

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. pays approximately 11.7% relative to the DOL prevailing wage floor for its filed positions.

What jobs does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. sponsor?

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. files most often for: 17-2051.00, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Chemical Engineers, 17-1011.00.

Where does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. hire?

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. files most DOL cases in: Texas (253 filings), California (143 filings), Georgia (75 filings), Pennsylvania (56 filings), Washington (44 filings).

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Mechanical Engineers Salary - DOL Verified Data

TX Approval Rate 80.6% · most recent FY 2025

Median Salary

$68,536

Certified filings

DOL Filings

108

Certified: 1,058

Unique Job Titles

SOC occupations

Approval Rate

80.6%

Certified vs filed

Salary Range

Based on 108 certified filings

DOL-Filed Salary Range

$54,101$60,549$68,536$108,618$141,279

Prevailing Wage Premium - a TruthWage exclusive

-3.6%

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. pays close to the DOL minimum wage floor for its filed positions.

The prevailing wage is the minimum salary DOL sets as the floor for this occupation and location. A positive premium means the employer pays above that floor. Source: DOL LCA filings.

Salary Trend

FY2012 - FY2025

Salaries by Job Title

50 occupations with DOL-filed salary data

Job Title	Filings	Median Salary	vs Market	Salary Range
17-2051.00	240	$88,400	N/A	$80,255$80,255$88,400$104,905$104,905
Civil Engineers	189	$77,865	-21.8%	$63,170$63,170$77,865$101,670$101,670
Mechanical Engineers	108	$68,536	-33%	$60,549$60,549$68,536$108,618$108,618
Chemical Engineers	68	$104,749	-14%	$77,688$77,688$104,749$126,318$126,318
17-1011.00	53	$77,314	N/A	$70,000$70,000$77,314$90,000$90,000
17-2051.01	42	$85,000	N/A	$75,000$75,000$85,000$89,402$89,402
17-2071.00	42	$90,626	N/A	$79,500$79,500$90,626$114,904$114,904
17-2141.00	40	$94,503	N/A	$79,526$79,526$94,503$114,400$114,400
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	37	$61,425	-36.5%	$54,226$54,226$61,425$67,621$67,621
11-9021.00	36	$88,000	N/A	$83,104$83,104$88,000$115,000$115,000
Electrical Engineers	31	$76,232	-31.9%	$66,851$66,851$76,232$110,781$110,781
17-2051.02	23	$103,342	N/A	$83,000$83,000$103,342$115,000$115,000
Construction Managers	22	$117,819	+10.1%	$103,300$103,300$117,819$132,469$132,469
Cost Estimators	22	$64,293	-16.6%	$56,405$56,405$64,293$75,525$75,525
17-2081.00	19	$91,686	N/A	$79,000$79,000$91,686$112,227$112,227
Environmental Engineers	18	$70,657	-32.2%	$63,032$63,032$70,657$90,000$90,000
Architectural and Engineering Managers	18	$134,274	-20%	$116,210$116,210$134,274$180,253$180,253
Industrial Engineers	17	$107,068	+5.9%	$88,899$88,899$107,068$133,411$133,411
Materials Engineers	16	$116,379	+7.5%	$99,216$99,216$116,379$124,509$124,509
Architectural and Civil Drafters	16	$70,348	+9.4%	$48,627$48,627$70,348$70,519$70,519
15-1121	16	$103,106	N/A	$58,248$58,248$103,106$108,784$108,784
17-2041.00	13	$134,566	N/A	$93,534$93,534$134,566$163,091$163,091
17-2081.01	11	$92,314	N/A	$85,000$85,000$92,314$100,000$100,000
Accountants and Auditors	11	$90,937	+11.3%	$57,512$57,512$90,937$98,613$98,613
15-1199	11	$112,825	N/A	$102,810$102,810$112,825$118,635$118,635
15-1132	10	$116,822	N/A	$112,133$112,133$116,822$129,739$129,739
13-1051.00	9	$100,624	N/A	$88,200$88,200$100,624$108,764$108,764
Landscape Architects	8	$49,192	-38.3%	$43,395$43,395$49,192$50,211$50,211
Urban and Regional Planners	8	$67,580	-19.3%	$59,704$59,704$67,580$75,558$75,558
Nov-21	8	$81,744	N/A	$60,778$60,778$81,744$105,799$105,799
Management Analysts	8	$97,074	-4.1%	$70,158$70,158$97,074$105,331$105,331
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	7	$91,541	-28.3%	$60,752$60,752$91,541$103,896$103,896
17-2072.00	7	$119,276	N/A	$116,865$116,865$119,276$140,000$140,000
17-1012.00	6	$84,176	N/A	$82,035$82,035$84,176$86,317$86,317
17-2112.00	6	$97,150	N/A	$73,730$73,730$97,150$100,000$100,000
15-2051.00	6	$101,438	N/A	$98,155$98,155$101,438$103,768$103,768
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	5	$66,186	-17.3%	$51,101$51,101$66,186$66,706$66,706
Human Resources Managers	5	$146,079	+4.3%	$139,402$139,402$146,079$152,755$152,755
11-9041.00	5	$206,629	N/A	$160,000$160,000$206,629$233,257$233,257
15-1141	5	$108,504	N/A	$97,760$97,760$108,504$113,693$113,693
Operations Research Analysts	5	$83,618	-8.4%	$82,790$82,790$83,618$84,446$84,446
Sales Engineers	4	$111,291	-8.4%	$105,799$105,799$111,291$116,106$116,106
General and Operations Managers	4	$204,706	+98.8%	$159,411$159,411$204,706$250,000$250,000
15-1131	4	$98,301	N/A	$98,301$98,301$98,301$107,307$107,307
17-2111.02	3	$78,000	N/A	$75,000$75,000$78,000$109,000$109,000
19-2041.00	3	N/A	N/A	Insufficient data for salary range.
19-3051.00	3	$102,669	N/A	$77,250$77,250$102,669$109,361$109,361
19-3092.00	3	$75,000	N/A	Insufficient data for salary range.
Interior Designers	3	$42,859	-32.5%	$42,016$42,016$42,859$43,701$43,701
27-1025.00	3	N/A	N/A	Insufficient data for salary range.

Individual DOL Filings for Mechanical Engineers at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Date	Salary	Prevailing Wage	Level	Location	Education	Status	Source
Mar 2024	$95,742	$95,742	-	Cincinnati OH	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Aug 2023	$141,279	$97,406	-	Appleton WI	Bachelor's	Certified	PERM
Sep 2021	$80,000	$79,786	-	Dallas TE	Bachelor's	Certified	PERM
Nov 2020	$133,980	$106,038	-	Conshohocken PE	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Feb 2020	$201,782	$134,534	-	Houston TE	Bachelor's	Withdrawn	PERM
Sep 2019	$97,375	$91,166	-	CONSHOHOCKEN PE	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2019	$61,644	$57,949	-	Fort Worth TE	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2019	$92,456	$92,456	-	HOUSTON TE	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2019	$71,406	$71,406	-	Houston TE	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2019	$57,949	$57,949	-	FORT WORTH TE	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2019	$65,291	$65,291	-	LONG BEACH CA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Feb 2019	$62,005	$62,005	-	ORLANDO FL	N/A	Certified	LCA
Feb 2019	$67,995	$67,995	-	BOSTON MA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Nov 2018	$134,534	$134,534	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Sep 2018	$67,954	$67,954	-	DALLAS TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jul 2018	$113,485	$113,485	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jun 2018	$109,762	$109,762	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Apr 2018	$93,808	$93,808	-	BOSTON MA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Apr 2018	$131,248	$131,248	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$66,768	$66,768	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$63,856	$63,856	-	ORLANDO FL	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$131,248	$131,248	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$131,248	$131,248	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$92,144	$92,144	-	CINCINNATI OH	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$67,122	$67,122	-	BOSTON MA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$67,122	$67,122	-	BOSTON MA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2018	$131,248	$131,248	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jul 2017	$73,549	$67,683	-	SAN FRANCISCO CA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jun 2017	$130,062	$130,062	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
May 2017	$107,488	$130,062	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Denied	LCA
Apr 2017	$108,722	$102,440	-	METAIRIE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Mar 2017	$108,618	$108,618	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2017	$56,014	$56,014	-	FORT WORTH TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2017	$111,280	$111,280	-	CONSHOHOCKEN PA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Dec 2016	$96,314	$96,138	-	Cincinnati OH	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Sep 2016	$97,822	$97,822	-	GREENVILLE SC	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jun 2016	$86,840	$86,840	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$126,381	$126,381	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$126,381	$126,381	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$61,495	$57,262	-	CONSHOHOCKEN PA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$105,539	$105,539	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$105,539	$105,539	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$68,536	$68,536	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$65,520	$65,520	-	BEAUMONT TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2016	$64,917	$64,917	-	CAMBRIDGE MA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Feb 2016	$57,096	$57,096	-	FORT WORTH TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Feb 2016	$126,381	$126,381	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Oct 2015	$162,240	$124,030	-	Houston TX	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Oct 2015	$71,386	$61,818	-	Baton Rouge LA	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Jan 2015	$119,808	$118,414	-	Houston TE	Bachelor's	Certified-Expired	PERM
Jul 2014	$59,704	$50,710	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
May 2014	$64,314	$64,314	-	ARLINGTON VA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Apr 2014	$100,901	$100,901	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2014	$118,414	$118,414	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Mar 2014	$87,453	$85,093	-	GREENVILLE SC	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2014	$65,874	$65,874	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Feb 2014	$56,243	$56,243	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Sep 2013	$118,414	$118,414	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Aug 2013	$100,318	$100,318	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Aug 2013	$107,915	$100,318	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Aug 2013	$84,906	$84,906	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Aug 2013	$84,906	$84,906	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Aug 2013	$57,106	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Jul 2013	$84,906	$84,906	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Jul 2013	$85,051	$85,051	-	GREENVILLE SC	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Jun 2013	$118,186	$118,186	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
May 2013	$100,318	$100,318	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Apr 2013	$102,170	$102,170	-	DENVER CO	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$57,106	$57,054	-	BEAUMONT TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$118,186	$118,186	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$118,186	$118,186	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$98,800	$98,800	-	METAIRIE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$54,101	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$57,106	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$57,106	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$59,093	$59,093	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Mar 2013	$118,186	$118,186	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$60,549	$60,549	-	CONSHOHOCKEN PA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$54,101	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$54,101	$54,101	-	BATON ROUGE LA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2013	$60,549	$60,549	-	CONSHOHOCKEN PA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Dec 2012	$94,494	$94,494	-	CINCINNATI OH	N/A	Certified	LCA
Dec 2012	$63,606	$63,606	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Sep 2012	$95,534	$88,400	-	Houston TE	N/A	Certified-Expired	PERM
Jul 2012	$62,358	$62,358	-	ARLINGTON VA	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jul 2012	$59,093	$59,093	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jul 2012	$59,093	$59,093	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Jul 2012	$59,093	$59,093	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Mar 2012	$99,154	$91,291	-	CARY NC	N/A	Certified-Withdrawn	LCA
Dec 2011	$59,093	$59,093	-	WEBSTER TX	N/A	Certified	LCA
Dec 2011	$59,093	$59,093	-	HOUSTON TX	N/A	Certified	LCA

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Data covers DOL filings from 2011 to 2025.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. - Mechanical Engineers