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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
OSHA: 2 insp.Injuries: no recordLabor: no recordImmigration: 385 LCAContracts: $274M
The federal record for Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Houston, Texas, consists of 2 OSHA inspections, 385 labor condition applications, 91 PERM applications and a federal contract recipient profile; the employer is classified under Construction of Buildings.
OSHA opened 2 inspections at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, issuing 0 citations. Current penalties total $0, $0 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
It filed 385 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 385 worker positions. The median offered wage is $99,020 a year against a median prevailing wage of $89,139, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($91,900). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (34% of filings).
OFLC records 91 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $97,614; the employer reported 416 employees on payroll.
USAspending lists Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. as a child recipient of $274M in federal contract obligations over the latest twelve months.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 236 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $0 | $2,116 | $5,523 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 4% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 0% | — | 60% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2025 | Referral · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 29 May 2024 | Unprogrammed other · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in Texas is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in Texas in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 34%Level II 34%Level III 16%Level IV 16%Not stated 1%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2051 | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $99,020 | $91,900 | $105,997 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $87,269–$120,640 | $79,040–$112,000 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 68% | 69% | 63% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Civil Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL | 5 | $98,637 |
| STRUCTURAL ENGINEER | 5 | $87,337 |
| DESIGN ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE | 4 | $90,748 |
| GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER | 4 | $148,550 |
| CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE | 4 | $97,482 |
| ELECTRICAL ENGINEER | 4 | $145,000 |
| STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE | 3 | $106,971 |
| WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER | 3 | $96,941 |
| CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ENGINEER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE | 3 | $110,000 |
| PROGRAM DIRECTOR | 3 | $233,257 |
| BRIDGE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE | 3 | $94,000 |
| Process Engineering Professional | 3 | $83,574 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineers | 214 | $91,900 |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 24 | $79,768 |
| Electrical Engineers | 22 | $121,459 |
| Construction Managers | 21 | $118,020 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 16 | $107,146 |
| Environmental Engineers | 15 | $97,344 |
| Data Scientists | 15 | $123,741 |
| Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products | 7 | $84,053 |
Worksite states
Texas 67 · California 36 · Georgia 35 · Virginia 34 · North Carolina 27 · Pennsylvania 24 · Washington 22 · Florida 21
Visa classes: H-1B 361, E-3 Australian 24. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (Texas); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Structural Engineering Professional Intermediate | 4 |
| Construction Management Professional Intermediate | 3 |
| Electrical Engineering Professional Intermediate | 2 |
| HVAC Mechanical Engineer Professional Associate | 2 |
| Mechanical Engineering Professional Intermediate | 2 |
| Structural Engineering Professional ASSOCIATE | 2 |
| Design Architecture Professional Intermediate | 2 |
| Senior Project Manager | 2 |
| Civil Engineering Professional Associate | 2 |
| Landscape Architecture Professional Associate | 2 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
USAspending lists Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Obligations, FY2021–2026 | Share of the agencies shown |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Homeland Security | $151M | 29% |
| Department of Transportation | $131M | 26% |
| Department of Defense | $124M | 24% |
| General Services Administration | $52M | 10% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $41M | 8% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $13M | 3% |
The USAspending name is matched to this employer by normalised company name across all states; the total covers the whole company.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 2 inspections at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. sites in Texas since 2016, most recently opened 7 Aug 2025.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
The recorded inspections carry no citations.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Texas in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 385 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 384 were certified. The median offered wage is $99,020 a year; the most common job title is STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL.
Does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 91 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 84 of them certified.
Does Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $274M obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: child); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Homeland Security.
Have there been union elections at Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.