Senior Civil Engineer salary in Miami, FL

Based on 34 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Doral, Pompano Beach, Coral Gables.

Also listed as: Structural Engineer

Median salary$104,000
Middle 50%$101.5k–$114.8k
vs. all levels here+28%comparison median $81,500
Filings34FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $101,281 and $148,810.
PercentileSalary
10th$101,546
25th$101,546
50th (median)$104,000
75th$114,849
90th$119,542

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2022: median $94,568 (27 filings) FY2023: median $99,999 (15 filings) FY2024: median $105,385 (15 filings) FY2025: median $105,040 (16 filings) FY2026: median $101,773 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 27 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 18 filings FY26 27
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–––9
FY2022$94,568$84,089$99,77427
FY2023$99,999$97,178$112,50215
FY2024$105,385$100,825$112,50015
FY2025$105,040$102,000$112,90916
FY2026$101,773$101,546$114,84918

Cost of living

Miami's median senior Civil Engineer salary of $104,000 is worth about $91,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Miami = 114.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Civil Engineers in the Miami, FL area earned a median of $83,750 in May 2025 (6,850 employed). The H-1B median here is $104,000, 24% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
WSPtoo few2
HDR Engineeringtoo few2
Hntbtoo few2
Thornton Tomasettitoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $70,100 114
Mid-level · Level II $83,100 96
Senior · Level III $104,000 34
Expert · Level IV $137,937 24

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$59,946$70,100114
Mid-level · Level II$77,730$83,10096
Senior · Level III$101,546$104,00034
Expert · Level IV$125,362$137,93724

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.