Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
CFD Engineer
Occupation profile for CFD Engineer covers 13 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $114,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $114,000
- Total filings
- 13
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $110,000–$115,000
- Top employer
- Monolith Resources LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 4 | $91,507 | $78,624 | $107,500 |
| FY2025 | 4 | $88,850 | $88,275 | $89,425 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 5 | $114,000 | $110,000 | $115,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Monolith Resources LLC2 filings
- ONWARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC2 filings
- Tata Technologies, Inc.2 filings
- Aquatic Design and Engineering1 filings
- CARA Systems Inc.1 filings
- Flexcompute Inc.1 filings
- Flow Science, Inc.1 filings
- Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd.1 filings
- Sogefi Air & Cooling USA, Inc.1 filings
- Zeeco, Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- San Carlos2 filings
- Rosemont2 filings
- Detroit2 filings
- Orlando1 filings
- Watertown1 filings
- Dearborn1 filings
- Rochester Hills1 filings
- Chapel Hill1 filings
- Brooklyn1 filings
- Tulsa1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 19820 | 17-2141 | $84,864 | $100,672 | $116,459 | $132,267 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 17-2141 | $74,298 | $91,853 | $109,387 | $126,942 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-2141 | $110,510 | $134,493 | $158,454 | $182,437 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 15-1252 | $114,275 | $138,237 | $162,198 | $186,160 |
| 2026-27 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NCArea 20500 | 17-2199 | $85,446 | $106,475 | $127,525 | $148,554 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 17-2031 | $84,219 | $104,686 | $125,154 | $145,621 |
| 2026-27 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLArea 36740 | 17-2141 | $74,963 | $91,478 | $108,014 | $124,530 |
| 2026-27 | Tulsa, OKArea 46140 | 17-2041 | $99,341 | $119,995 | $140,629 | $161,283 |