Civil Engineer salary in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Louisville, Jeffersonville.

Also listed as: Structural Engineer

Median salary$100,000
Middle 50%$82.4k–$114.4k
vs. national median+9%comparison median $91,377
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $73,177 and $135,356.
PercentileSalary
10th$76,063
25th$82,424
50th (median)$100,000
75th$114,421
90th$122,216

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2021: median $70,637 (11 filings) FY2023: median $89,500 (10 filings) FY2024: median $92,501 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 4 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 5 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 11
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––5
FY2021$70,637$67,818$74,75011
FY2022–––4
FY2023$89,500$82,000$95,69610
FY2024$92,501$82,501$98,21510
FY2025–––5
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

Louisville/Jefferson County's median Civil Engineer salary of $100,000 is worth about $107,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Louisville/Jefferson County = 93.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Civil Engineers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY area earned a median of $102,650 in May 2025 (940 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,000, 3% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
WSPtoo few3
AECOM Technical Servicestoo few2
Donan Solutionstoo few2
Sun and Associates Group Industrial Development and Servicestoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.