Entry-level Civil Engineer salary in Urban Honolulu, HI

Based on 15 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Honolulu, Kapolei, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Waipahu.

Also listed as: Structural Engineer

Median salary$90,000
Middle 50%$85k–$98.5k
vs. all levels here−4%comparison median $93,798
Filings15FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,000 and $145,800.
PercentileSalary
10th$80,000
25th$85,000
50th (median)$90,000
75th$98,548
90th$118,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2020: median $65,000 (23 filings) FY2023: median $88,500 (10 filings) FY2024: median $80,000 (12 filings) FY2025: median $91,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 10 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 filings FY26 23
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$65,000$62,608$75,00023
FY2021–––8
FY2022–––9
FY2023$88,500$64,489$102,50010
FY2024$80,000$75,600$93,42012
FY2025$91,000$82,500$98,54811
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Urban Honolulu's median entry-level Civil Engineer salary of $90,000 is worth about $81,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Urban Honolulu = 111.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Civil Engineers in the Urban Honolulu, HI area earned a median of $94,600 in May 2025 (2,300 employed). The H-1B median here is $90,000, 5% lower.

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
Nan$90,00013
AECOM Technical Servicestoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $90,000 15
Mid-level · Level II $90,000 21
Senior · Level III $96,000 12
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$64,834$90,00015
Mid-level · Level II$82,763$90,00021
Senior · Level III$95,805$96,00012

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.