H-1B job title salary

Design Engineer

#80 most-filed title 736 certified LCAs filed under 22 occupations

Median salary

$94,080

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$83,054 – $110,968

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+4.1%

+0.94% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

736 filings

Design Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$73,441

P25$83,054

Median$94,080

P75$110,968

P90$134,700

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$80,856195 LCAs

Level II$93,642381 LCAs

Level III$115,00094 LCAs

Level IV$127,00053 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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SOC split

Design Engineer pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Mechanical Engineers 48%Commercial and Industrial Designers 14%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 12%Civil Engineers 11%Electrical Engineers 5%Software Developers 2%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141	47.96%	353	$83,200	$93,642	$103,000
Commercial and Industrial Designers 27-1021	14.4%	106	$77,000	$85,000	$94,724
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072	11.96%	88	$121,260	$124,200	$154,565
Civil Engineers 17-2051	11.28%	83	$75,439	$85,015	$94,250
Electrical Engineers 17-2071	5.43%	40	$87,950	$99,722	$116,228
Software Developers 15-1252	2.31%	17	$105,267	$114,754	$126,942
Industrial Engineers 17-2112	2.31%	17	$83,000	$94,160	$118,700
Web and Digital Interface Designers 15-1255	0.68%	5	$153,691	$175,000	$185,000
Engineers, All Other 17-2199	0.68%	5	$80,000	$95,326	$120,000

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Design Engineer

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
L&t Technology SOC 27-1021 · Commercial and Industrial Designers	79	$85,000	+0%
Goken SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	25	$83,054	-11.3%
Tata Consultancy Services SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	25	$89,086	-4.9%
Tsmc Technology SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	20	$124,197	+0%
Cyient SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	17	$75,000	-19.9%
Tech Mahindra Americas SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	14	$87,548	-6.5%
Caterpillar SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	12	$115,107	+22.9%
Arm SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	11	$135,907	+9.4%
Cadence Design SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	9	$110,947	-10.7%
Toogann SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	8	$98,000	+4.7%
Nxp SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	8	$151,198	+21.7%
Tata SOC 27-1021 · Commercial and Industrial Designers	7	$72,000	-15.3%
Infosys SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers	6	$110,016	+17.5%
Caterpillar SOC 17-2071 · Electrical Engineers	5	$107,099	+7.4%
Qorvo SOC 17-2071 · Electrical Engineers	5	$116,187	+16.5%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

Senior Design Engineer90 LCAs · median $115,594
Design Engineer II45 LCAs · median $91,155
Design Engineer I18 LCAs · median $78,875
Design Engineer III11 LCAs · median $108,159
Design Engineer IV6 LCAs · median $148,500

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