Civil Engineer salary in Oklahoma, OK

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Harrah.

Also listed as: Structural Engineer

Median salary$75,000
Middle 50%$72.1k–$95k
vs. national median−18%comparison median $91,377
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $67,475 and $129,665.
PercentileSalary
10th$67,685
25th$72,114
50th (median)$75,000
75th$95,000
90th$103,891

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $75k $90k FY2024: median $72,383 (10 filings) FY2025: median $78,625 (14 filings) FY2026: median $72,114 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 2 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 14
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–––7
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––2
FY2024$72,383$67,725$83,57610
FY2025$78,625$69,138$97,48214
FY2026$72,114$72,114$80,00011

Cost of living

Oklahoma's median Civil Engineer salary of $75,000 is worth about $83,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Oklahoma = 90.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Civil Engineers in the Oklahoma, OK area earned a median of $98,960 in May 2025 (880 employed). The H-1B median here is $75,000, 24% 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
Standard Testing & Engineeringtoo few4
Alliance Steeltoo few2
KSA Engineerstoo few2
Olssontoo few2
Standard Engineering and Testingtoo few2
STV Incorporatedtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $72,114 19
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$67,475$72,11419

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.