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The 13 largest employers of licensed engineers in Texas (September 2026)
Updated 15 September 2026
Texas Department of Transportation employs 1,337 licensed Texas professional engineers, 1.9% of the 70,955 active PEs in the state.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors roster, September 2026.
| Rank | Employer | Active PEs | Share of state | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Department of Transportation | 1,337 | 1.9% | Texas |
| 2 | Kimley-Horn | 794 | 1.1% | Texas |
| 3 | Jacobs | 741 | 1.0% | Texas |
| 4 | Burns & McDonnell | 737 | 1.0% | Texas |
| 5 | WSP | 631 | 0.9% | Texas |
| 6 | HDR | 601 | 0.8% | Texas |
| 7 | AECOM | 541 | 0.8% | Texas |
| 8 | LJA Engineering | 440 | 0.6% | Texas |
| 9 | Freese and Nichols | 414 | 0.6% | Texas |
| 10 | Kiewit | 404 | 0.6% | Texas |
| 11 | Stantec | 371 | 0.5% | Texas |
| 12 | HNTB | 328 | 0.5% | Texas |
| 13 | Halff | 326 | 0.5% | Texas |
Each employer is the sum of every spelling of its name in the roster's free-text employer field, so every figure is a lower bound. Rows naming no employer, self-employment or retirement are not employers and are not listed.
Source: ProfessionLens, September 2026. Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors roster, September 2026.
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ProfessionLens, The 13 largest employers of licensed professional engineers in Texas, September 2026, https://professionlens.com/lists/largest-engineering-employers-texas.